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Historical Event on 5/16/1998

India rejects China's charges on N-tests.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/20/1774New Regulating Act was introduced which abolished the East India Company Government and a new Government was formed.
1/17/1993LTTE commander Sadasivan Krishnakumar alias Kittu was killed in a ship blaze off Madras coast.
11/11/2000Mohun Bagan wins the Durand Cup in New Delhi.
9/2/1894Vinayak Mishra, famous Oriya litterateur, critic and historian, was born.
2/16/1997Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
9/16/1996J & K second phase poll for 34 seats.
10/20/1992Nirad C. Chauduri, 94, the Indian writer living in Oxford, made honorary Commander of the British Empire.
7/28/199712 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana.
3/26/1918Vanavihari B.N. Sundara Rao, great author and journalist, was born at Varthur, Bangalore.