Vajpayee orders the Pokhran-II nuclear tests
1998 · Event
Five underground tests in the Rajasthan desert declare India a nuclear weapons state and trigger international sanctions.
On these timelines: Master, India
Around 1998
- Gulf War (1990)
- War on Terror (2001)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- September 11 attacks (2001)
- That's The Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson) (1993)
- Pop music: the 1990s (1990)
- Pop music: the 2000s (2000)
- Crazy in Love (Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z) (2003)