India carries out its second nuclear test, Vajpayee elected as the PM

Pokhran-II was the series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by India at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in May 1998. It was the second Indian nuclear test.The UN Security Council votes unanimously to condemn India and Pakistan for their nuclear weapons tests.
Over 1,120 people are killed when a cyclone hits coastal areas of the western state of Gujarat and killed at least 10,000 people in India.
Amartya Kumar Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher. Sen has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
After the fall of the two United Front governments between 1996 and 1998, the Lok Sabha was dissolved and fresh elections were held. The 1998 general elections again put the BJP ahead of others. This time, a cohesive bloc of political parties joined the BJP to form the NDA, and Vajpayee was sworn in as the Prime Minister.
The Tata Indica was a supermini car launched by the Indian manufacturer Tata Motors in 1998. It was the first passenger car from Tata Motors and it is also considered to have been India's first indigenously developed passenger car.

India carries out 2 more nuclear tests at Pokhran

Pokhran-II was the series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by India at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in May 1998. It was the second Indian nuclear test.The UN Security Council votes unanimously to condemn India and Pakistan for their nuclear weapons tests.

Major cyclone kills 10,000 people in India

Over 1,120 people are killed when a cyclone hits coastal areas of the western state of Gujarat and killed at least 10,000 people in India.

Amartya Kumar Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize

Amartya Kumar Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher. Sen has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected as the Prime Minister

After the fall of the two United Front governments between 1996 and 1998, the Lok Sabha was dissolved and fresh elections were held. The 1998 general elections again put the BJP ahead of others. This time, a cohesive bloc of political parties joined the BJP to form the NDA, and Vajpayee was sworn in as the Prime Minister.

Tata India: India's first indigenously developed passenger car

The Tata Indica was a supermini car launched by the Indian manufacturer Tata Motors in 1998. It was the first passenger car from Tata Motors and it is also considered to have been India's first indigenously developed passenger car.