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Historical Event on 5/21/1998

India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1992Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP.
9/30/1992Laurie Baker wins Rs. 25 lakh UN World Habitat award.
8/18/1951Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal.
4/2/1702Balaji Vishwanath Bhat, first Peshwa, passed away.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
12/7/2000A five-member ULFA group guns down 26 non-Assamese people, mostly Hindi and Bengali-speaking, at Sonpura near Arunachal Pradesh Border in Upper Assam.
12/27/1988The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan.
2/9/1984Balasarasvati, eminent classical Karnatic singer and Bharat Natyam dancer of worldwide acclaim, passed away in Madras.
9/8/1990Mother Teresa re-elected head of Missionaries of Charity.
3/13/1857Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away.