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Events on Saturday 18 May 1974 1
1974India conducts first nuclear testSmiling Buddha detonated at PokhranIndia detonated its first nuclear device at the Pokhran test range, codenamed Smiling Buddha and officially described as a peaceful nuclear explosion. It made India the sixth country to demonstrate nuclear weapons capability.