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Revisiting Indias entry onto the nuclear stage

On May 18, 1974, India conducted an underground test of a nuclear fission device. This test codenamed Smiling Buddha enabled us to became the sixth nuclear power in the world. A.S.Ganesh revisits this historic moment and brings you up to speed on the subject

18 May 2026 7:02 am