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Historical Event on 8/13/1998

India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/6/1996CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.
8/2/1942Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent.
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.
10/14/199210 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah.
9/29/1959Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.
5/25/1611Emperor Jahangir married Meherunnisa, widow of Sher Afghan. She recieved the title Noor Jahan.
11/22/2000Chhota Rajan, Mumbai gangster, escapes from the custody of Thai authorities.
5/3/1913Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay.
12/1/1965Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.