12 February 1998BrahMos Joint VentureA. Sivathanu Pillai
A. Sivathanu Pillai helps establish BrahMos Aerospace to develop a supersonic cruise missile through an India-Russia joint venture.
Historical records for India in 1998, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
A. Sivathanu Pillai helps establish BrahMos Aerospace to develop a supersonic cruise missile through an India-Russia joint venture.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee becomes Prime Minister following the 1998 general election.
Serves as Leader of the Opposition in the Upper house, when the Bharatiya Janata Dal (United) Party led coalition Government was in office
Vajpayee's government conducts the first three Pokhran-II nuclear tests, followed by two further tests on 13 May.
India conducts three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran and publicly declares the tests successful.
India conducts a series of nuclear tests at Pokhran and openly declares itself a nuclear-weapon state.
India conducts two additional underground nuclear tests and announces completion of its 1998 test series.
The United States and other countries impose sanctions on India after the Pokhran-II nuclear tests.
The Bharatiya Janata Party emerges as the largest party in the 1998 general election.
The BJP, in alliance with several other parties, led the Government of India between 1998 and 2004, under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani
The BJP, in alliance with several other parties, led the Government of India between 1998 and 2004, under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani
Atal Bihari Vajpayee forms a coalition government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Vijay Bhatkar leads development of PARAM 10000, substantially increasing the performance of India's indigenous supercomputing programme.
Officially takes charge of the Congress Party as its President, becoming the fifth member of the Nehru-Gandhi family
Ashoke Sen demonstrates how duality can identify stable non-BPS states in string theory and determine their properties.
Ashoke Sen develops influential ideas about tachyon condensation in unstable D-brane systems within string theory.
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