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Historical Event on 5/18/1998

India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/1967National Conference, the Working Committee of Jammu and Kashmir, unanimously passed the proposal to a permanent merger of the state with India.
7/3/1979Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.
7/6/1901Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal.
5/14/1994LTTE banned for the second time under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
4/30/1992Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes.
5/4/1932Many are arrested as Congress agents picket Bombay post offices in celebration of Gandhi Day.
3/3/1934Amarsingh Pandurang Rane, educationist, was born at Banage, Kolhapur.
5/31/1997Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore.
12/31/1996Gold import policy liberalised.
11/14/1967Saba Karim, Indian ODI wicket-keeper 1997, was born.