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50 years of India’s first nuclear test
May 23 , 2024
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- On May 18, 1974, India conducted its first nuclear test in Pokhran, code-named Operation Smiling Buddha.
- With this, India had entered the league of nations with nuclear capabilities.
- With Smiling Buddha, India became the first nation to conduct a nuclear test apart from the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
- After the nuclear test, there were criticisms that it was an attempt to divert people’s attention from the economic crisis the country was facing in the 1970s.
- In 1998, India again conducted a series of nuclear tests in Pokhran once again, code-named Operation Shakti.
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