Though villagers have complained that they are suffering from diseases linked to radiation exposure the authorities. Exactly four decades ago india conducted its first nuclear test in pokhran. On may11 1998 on the day of budhha purniama pokhran.
Nineteen years have completed since india conducted its second nuclear test. File photographs of nuclear test site in pokhran. Pokhran i was also the first confirmed nuclear weapons test by a nation outside the five permanent members of.
The bomb was detonated on the army base pokhran test range ptr in rajasthan by the indian army under the supervision of several key indian generals. Pokhran i was the assigned code name of india s first successful nuclear bomb test on 18 may 1974. Smiling buddha mea designation.
Bccl india observes the national technology day on may 11 to mark the pokhran nuclear tests and celebrate the country s technological advancements. The nuclear test site in pokhran in 1998. It was cia s satellite image that stopped pv narsimha rao.
It was to stop india from further developing its nuclear programme. Ever since india conducted its first nuclear test in 1974 as deterrent against china pakistan and demonstrated its nuclear capability in pokhran the central intelligence agency cia kept a close eye on the site monitoring continuously. Via indian defence news.
Scientists only worked on test sites during the night when satellites would be unable to capture clear images due to the. India conducted five nuclear tests in pokhran rajasthan in may 1998. The test involved five nuclear bomb detonations and was the second of the two india nuclear test site has conducted.
The photograph is from a curse in disguise shukla s series on people who experienced adverse health conditions following india nuclear test site code named operation shakti that was held at pokhran rajasthan in 1998.
Pokhran nuclear test site images. Twenty years ago today a sudden announcement by then prime minister atal bihari vajpayee and his national security adviser brajesh mishra turned india s world upside down. On 11th and 13th may india conducted a set of five nuclear tests stunning the world. Those tests set india on a road that led to a global acknowledgement of india not merely a nuclear power. The pokhran ii tests were a series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by india at the indian army s pokhran test range in may 1998.
It was the second instance of nuclear testing conducted by india. The first test code named smiling buddha was conducted in may 1974. The pokhran test range a key component of india s nuclear programme is located in the municipality the indian nuclear test site is located 45 km north west of pokhran town and 4 km north of khetolai village. The test range was built by the indian army corps of engineers and is under the control of indian army it was built sometime before may 1974 when following authorization given to the.
The test range was built by the indian army corps of engineers and is under the control of indian army it was built sometime before may 1974 when following authorization given to the. The pokhran test range a key component of india s nuclear programme is located in the municipality the indian nuclear test site is located 45 km north west of pokhran town and 4 km north of khetolai village. The first test code named smiling buddha was conducted in may 1974.
It was the second instance of nuclear testing conducted by india. The pokhran ii tests were a series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by india at the indian army s pokhran test range in may 1998. Those tests set india on a road that led to a global acknowledgement of india not merely a nuclear power.
On 11th and 13th may india conducted a set of five nuclear tests stunning the world. Twenty years ago today a sudden announcement by then prime minister atal bihari vajpayee and his national security adviser brajesh mishra turned india s world upside down.
