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Smiling Buddha, (MoEA designation as Pokhran-I), was an assigned codename of India's first nuclear weapon explosion, which took place on 18 May 1974. The device was detonated by the Indian Army in the long-constructed army base, Pokhran Test Range, at the Pokhran municipality, Rajasthan state, under the aegis of several key Indian army personnel.

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  • Smiling Buddha, (MoEA designation as Pokhran-I), was an assigned codename of India's first nuclear weapon explosion, which took place on 18 May 1974. The device was detonated by the Indian Army in the long-constructed army base, Pokhran Test Range, at the Pokhran municipality, Rajasthan state, under the aegis of several key Indian army personnel.
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  • --05-18
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  • India Rajasthan locator map.svg
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  • India
Name
  • Pokhran-I
  • Smiling Buddha
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  • We must develop this atomic energy quite apart from war — indeed I think we must develop it for the purpose of using it for peaceful purposes. ...Of course, if we are compelled as a nation to use it for other purposes, possibly no pious sentiments of any of us will stop the nation from using it that way
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  • None
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  • Jawaharalal Nehru — 1st Prime Minister of India
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  • Pokhran Test Range
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  • The Indian nuclear test site in Rajasthan is adjacent to its western neighboring country, Pakistan
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  • 1(xsd:integer)
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  • Smiling Buddha, (MoEA designation as Pokhran-I), was an assigned codename of India's first nuclear weapon explosion, which took place on 18 May 1974. The device was detonated by the Indian Army in the long-constructed army base, Pokhran Test Range, at the Pokhran municipality, Rajasthan state, under the aegis of several key Indian army personnel. The Pokhran-I was also the first confirmed nuclear test by a nation outside the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. Officially, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MoEA) claims this test as peaceful nuclear explosion, but it was actually part of an accelerated nuclear program. The weapon yield remains uncertain, with estimates of up to 8kt.
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