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13 May
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Pandit Nehru forms his first government in India
This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.
Rajya Sabha holds its first sitting
The Council of States, later commonly known as Rajya Sabha, held its first sitting at 10:45 a.m. with Dr. S. Radhakrishnan in the Chair.
This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Indian guru.
This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.
India conducted the final Pokhran-II tests.
Pokhran-II 1998: The Nuclear Tests India Kept Secret
In the scorching heat of May 1998, India stunned the world by conducting the Pokhran-II Nuclear Tests 1998 right under the nose of US spy satellites. Discover the…
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Indian novelist.
R. K. Narayan: How Real Streets Became the Fictional Town of Malgudi
R.K. Narayan built Malgudi not from imagination alone but from the lanes, tea stalls, river ghats, and schoolyard arguments he knew by heart growing up in Mysore. The…
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