Question
Download Solution PDFWhen did India conducted its First Nuclear explosion?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Option 2 i.e. 18 May 1974.
Key Points
- The Code name for this test was 'Smiling Buddha'.
- Mrs. Indira Gandhi was the Prime minister of India at that time
- India became the 6th country in the world to conduct a successful nuclear test.
- After the 1974 tests, India conducted five tests, three on May 11 and two on May 13, 1998.
- 11 May is celebrated as National Technology day in India.
- The test was conducted in Pokharan, Rajasthan.
- The nuclear program in India was initiated in the late 1940s under the supervision of Homi J. Bhabha.
- India had adopted a policy of the No-First Use of nuclear weapons.
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