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Historical Event on 5/18/1974
First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1952	India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached.
7/20/1955	Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
8/23/1995	First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
11/1/1991	J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary.
8/29/1991	Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.
11/1/1954	French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India.
6/5/1989	Missile `Trishul' tested successfully.
6/7/1996	Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
11/9/1977	Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away.
1/3/1997	Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds.

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Historical Event on 5/18/1974 First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.

Historical Event on 5/18/1974
First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.