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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 |
| 9/29/1959 | Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat. |
| 12/3/1971 | Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared. |
| 7/4/1995 | Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi. |
| 12/5/1931 | Gandhiji leaves England for India. |
| 1/23/2000 | India will be taught a lesson if it tries to cross the LoC, says the Pakistani military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf. |
| 3/25/1931 | 50 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted. |
| 5/16/1945 | Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away. |
| 12/11/1990 | Naresh Chandra was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1992 |
| 11/29/1916 | Vasant Shridhar Vaidya, great industrialist, was born at Phaltan. |
| 9/23/1862 | Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born. |
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