When did india conduct it's first nuclear test at pokhran?
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18 May 1974, 8:05 a.m. (IST)
Smiling Buddha Pokhran-II
When did india conduct it's first nuclear test at pokhran?
Pokhran-II Smiling Buddha Chagai-I India and weapons of mass destruction List of nuclear weapons tests of India Pokhran List of nuclear weapons tests Nuclear weapons testing No first use Nuclear Command Authority (India)
Efforts towards building the <b>nuclear bomb</b>, ... and <b>was</b> further intimidated with 
Chinese <b>nuclear test</b> in 1964. ... weapons in 1967 and <b>conducted its first nuclear</b> 
<b>test</b>, Smiling Buddha, in 1974. Smiling Buddha (MEA designation: <b>Pokhran</b>-I) <b>was</b> the assigned code name of 
<b>India&#39;s first</b> successful <b>nuclear bomb</b> test on 18 May 1974. The bomb <b>was</b> 
detonated on the army base <b>Pokhran</b> Test Range (PTR), ... <b>India</b> started <b>its</b> own 
nuclear programme in 1944 when Homi Jehangir Bhabha founded the Tata 
Institute of&nbsp;... Chagai-I <b>is</b> the code name of five simultaneous underground <b>nuclear tests</b> 
<b>conducted</b> by Pakistan at 15:15 hrs PST on 28 May 1998. <sup>:281</sup> The tests were 
performed at Ras Koh Hills in the Chagai District of Balochistan Province. Chagai
-I <b>was</b> Pakistan&#39;s <b>first</b> public test of nuclear weapons. ... <b>Its</b> timing <b>was</b> a direct 
response to <b>India&#39;s</b> second <b>nuclear tests</b>, on 11 and 13&nbsp;... <b>India has</b> developed and possesses weapons of mass destruction in the form of 
nuclear weapons. Although <b>India has</b> not made any official statements about the 
size of <b>its</b> ... <b>India is</b> also a subscribing state to the Hague Code of <b>Conduct</b>. <b>India</b> 
<b>has</b> signed neither the Comprehensive <b>Nuclear</b>-<b>Test</b>-Ban Treaty nor the Nuclear
&nbsp;... <b>Pokhran</b> II <b>was</b> a group of 2 <b>nuclear tests conducted</b> in 1998. <b>India&#39;s Pokhran</b> II 
series tests and detonations&nbsp;... <b>Pokhran is</b> a village and a municipality located in the Jaisalmer district of the 
Indian state of Rajasthan. It <b>is</b> a remote location in the Thar Desert region and 
served as the <b>test</b> site for <b>India&#39;s first</b> underground <b>nuclear</b> weapon , ballistic 
missiles. ... He <b>was</b> Sessions Judge and <b>was</b> elected to the <b>1st</b> Lok Sabha, the 
Lower house&nbsp;... Nuclear weapons testing <b>is</b> defined in treaty language by specifying a space and 
time ... The Ivy Mike shot of 1 November 1952, at Enewetak Atoll, <b>was</b> the <b>first</b> full 
test of a ... With <b>its</b> full cryogenic equipment it weighed about 82 tons. The Castle 
... The official number of Indian <b>nuclear tests is</b> six, <b>conducted</b> under two different
&nbsp;... Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the 
effectiveness, yield, and ... The <b>first</b> nuclear device <b>was</b> detonated as a test by the 
United States at the Trinity site on July 16, 1945, with a yield ... Underground 
testing refers to <b>nuclear tests conducted</b> under the surface of the earth, at varying 
depths. <b>India first</b> adopted a &quot;no <b>first</b> use&quot; policy after <b>its</b> second <b>nuclear tests</b>, ... asserts 
that nuclear weapons are solely for deterrence and that <b>India will</b> ... Vajpayee&#39;s 
government <b>conducted</b> the <b>Pokhran</b>-II <b>nuclear tests</b> in 1998. The Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) of <b>India is</b> the authority responsible for 
command, ... <b>India&#39;s first Nuclear test was conducted</b> on 18 May 1974 with the 
code name ... Since then <b>India has conducted</b> another series of tests at the 
<b>Pokhran</b> test range in the ... (I&amp;W) systems and infrastructure for <b>its</b> strategic 
nuclear forces.
18 May 1974
Smiling Buddha