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Historical Event on 5/21/1998

India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1999Ban orders in Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.
2/6/1998V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar.
9/26/1996Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.
3/24/1998G.M.C. Balayogi of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led Government.
3/15/1997Lok Sabha passes Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 1997.
9/24/1992Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one.
5/1/1996P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case.
6/25/1997USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders.
2/7/1856Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule.
6/3/1901Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.