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National Technology Day – May 11
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- This day mark the anniversary of the Pokhran nuclear tests (Pokhran-II) conducted in May 1998.
- They were a series of five nuclear tests conducted under the administration of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam at the Indian Army’s Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan’s Thar desert from 11th to 13th May 1998.
- Operation Shakti was the code name of the Pokhran-II nuclear tests
- The first nuclear tests were conducted by India in 1974.
- It was code-named, Smiling Buddha.
- National Technology Day was first observed on 11th May 1999.
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