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Historical Event on 5/16/1998
India rejects China's charges on N-tests.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/16/1887 | Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 3/9/1966 | India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state. |
| 4/25/1993 | Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued. |
| 5/29/1977 | Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, president of Sahitya Academy, National Professor and eminent linguist, passed away. |
| 12/21/1993 | JPC indicts RBI and Finance Ministry in the multi-crore security scam. |
| 1/10/1997 | 28th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum. |
| 9/2/1992 | Shripad Deshpande, senior journalist, passed away. |
| 8/19/1757 | The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company. |
| 4/13/1997 | Anand wins Dos Hermanas chess crown. |
| 10/24/1995 | Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country. |
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