Operation - Smiling Budhha
OPERATION SMILING BUDHHA : THE BEGINNING OF INDIA TO BECAME A NUCLEAR STATE →Operation smiling budhha was india's first sucessful nuclear bomb test performed at pokhran firing test range pokhran, jaisalmer in rajasthan on 18th May 1974. pokhran-1 was first confirm nuclear test by the nation outside the five permanent members of united nations security council. it is a peaceful nuclear test said by ministry of external affairs, Late smt.INDIRA GANDHI was the prime minister of india that time, the massive rise in their popularity after this test. After this test pokhran -2 (AKA operation SHAKTI -98) was also conducted in 13 may 1998 during the tenure of Late shree Atal bihari vajpayee, They declare india as fully fledged nuclear state. This statment resulted consequences, various sanctions are placed on india by countries such as USA and Japan.