Tag: Pokhran II
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OBITUARY | Atal Bihari Vajpayee — poet-politician who presided over Indian politics like a giant
Vajpayee was known as a man of paradoxes -- Hindutva leader who criticised Babri Madjid demolition, conducted nuclear tests but negotiated peace talks with Pakistan, shortest serving PM and also India’s first non-Congress PM to complete 5 years in office.
August 16, 2018 -
The day India became a nuclear power: Indian Army, MoD remember ‘Operation Shakti’
In the year 1998, India became a full-fledged nuclear state after the successful culmination of ‘Operation Shakti’ (Pokhran II) on 13 May. India conducted five underground nuclear tests on May 11 and 13, 1998, in Pokhran in the Rajasthan desert. As the nation carried out the nuclear tests, the move was met by several sanctions …
May 13, 2018