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Historical Event on 5/14/1998

India will not sign CTBT unconditionally, says the Prime Minister.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1984Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian Astronaut to go in space from Baikanaur aboard Soviet Space Craft 'Soyuz 11' and revolved around the earth.
5/18/1988The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.
12/14/1953Vijay Amritraj, great Indian tennis player and actor (Octopussy), was born.
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
2/7/2000Kamaluddin Ahmed, former APCC(I) president and four times Congress MP, joins the BJP.
10/6/1997I. K. Gujral, PM, begins visit to South Africa, which was the first ever by an Indian Prime Minister.
7/20/1898Krishna Kanta Handique, great linguist, educationist, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Jorhat.
5/27/1990Om Prakash Chautala, former CM, wins Mehem by-election.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
2/11/1861Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.