What was the code name of the nuclear tests conducted by India in Pokhran in 1998?

A. Operation Desert storm

B. Operation Vijay

C. Operation Shakti

D. Operation Kaboom

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Option 2 is correct.

Operation Shakti was the code name of the nuclear tests conducted by India in Pokhran in 1998.
Pokhran-II tests, initiated on 11 May 1998, consisted of five detonations.
The first detonation was a fusion bomb and the remaining four were detonations of fission bombs. The tests were assigned the code- Operation Shakti.
The five nuclear bombs were designated Shakti-I, Shakti-II, Shakti-III, Shakti-IV, and Shakti-V.
Please note that four of the devices were weapons-grade plutonium and the other one was Thorium/U-233.
The development and test teams were led by Bhabha Atomic Research Center and DRDO.