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National Technology Day - May 11
May 13 , 2020
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- Every year, This Day is observed to remind India’s technological advancements.
- Theme of this year is "Focusing on Rebooting the economy through Science and Technology".
- On May 11th 1998, India tested its first successful Shakti-I nuclear missile.
- The missile was tested in the Indian Army Pokhran Test Range, Rajasthan.
- The operation was called “Operation Shakti” (Pokhran II).
- After this successful test, PM Vajpayee called India a complete nuclear state.
- It was led by our former Indian President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.
- It made India the sixth country to join the nuclear club after P5 countries.
- It also made India the first country to not join the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT).
- Earlier India's first nuclear experiment was “Smiling Buddha” (Pokhran I).
- It was conducted in May 1974 at Pokhran.
- May 11 was also the day the DRDO (Defence Research Development Organization) accomplished the test of Trishul missile.
- It also marks the flight of first indigenous aircraft called Hansa-3.
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