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India conducted its first nuclear test on May 18, 1974

Code-named Smiling Buddha

Smiling Buddha, other name Pokhran-I 

The bomb was detonated on the army base, Pokhran Test Range (PTR), in Rajasthan.

Number of tests 1

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• Test name: Smiling Buddha
• Year of nuclear test: 1974
  • Date: 18 May 1974
  • Test site: Pokhran, Rajasthan
  • Country: India

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• Year of nuclear test: 1974
  • Test name: Smiling Buddha
  • Date: 18 May 1974
  • Test site: Pokhran, Rajasthan
  • Country: India

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• India's first nuclear device explosion was conducted under the code name "Smiling Buddha"
• It is also known as Pokhran-I, 
• First successful nuclear bomb test on 18 May 1974.
• Location: Pokhran Test Range, Rajasthan.
• It is India's first nuclear test, conducted as a "peaceful nuclear explosion" (PNE),

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