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Historical Event on 5/12/1998

Yeltsin feels let down by the Indian nuclear tests but says that Indo-Russian ties will not be hit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1970Supreme Court holds nationalization of banks illegal. Presidential ordinance revalidates nationalization.
9/21/1862Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telegu poet, playwright, story writer, critic and social reformer, was born.
9/8/1953Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at.
7/20/1969M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.
2/11/1996Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit.
9/29/1907Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia'
2/20/1987Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union.
3/3/1990JD-BJP coalition government in Gujarat, Chimanbhai Patel to become CM; Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra and Bhairon Singh Shekhewat of BJP to head the BJP-JD coalition government in Rajasthan.
7/12/1823First Indian Steam Engine Ship ""Diana-a-Gunboat""sailed in a sea near Calcutta. It was built by Kyd & Co.