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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
1/2/1973General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.
1/22/1963The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.
8/15/1942Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.
11/14/1993Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who quit JD, joins BJP.
8/8/1932Dada Kondke, famous Marathi actor, was born.
2/28/1930Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates.
2/28/1930Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, was born.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
12/9/1977Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.
4/24/1918Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born.