When did India conducted its First Nuclear explosion?

  1. 28 August 1975
  2. 18 May 1974
  3. 28 August 1974
  4. 18 may 1975

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Option 2 : 18 May 1974
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The 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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