PM Modi recalls 1998 Pokhran Nuclear test — says ‘no power can make India bow or yield to pressure’

Prime Minister Modi emphasised India's resilience against global pressure during a speech at the Somnath Amrut Mahotsav, ...

The story behind Pokhran: How one 'peaceful explosion' in 1974 made India a nuclear power by 1998

India's nuclear journey began with the 1974 'Peaceful Nuclear Explosion' at Pokhran, making it the sixth nation to harness ...

Pokhran-II And India’s Strategic Rise: How The 1998 Nuclear Tests Redefined India’s Global Standing

The Pokhran-II nuclear tests, conducted on May 11 and 13, 1998, marked India’s formal entry into the league of declared ...
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PM Modi pays tribute to scientists behind 1998 Pokhran tests on National Technology Day

The Prime Minister said technological progress has become an important foundation in strengthening a self-reliant India and ...

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India relives pride of Pokhran-I on 52nd anniversary of historic nuclear test

A 107-metre-deep shaft was dug, and a nuclear device measuring 1.25 metres in diameter, placed on a hexagonal metallic tripod, was carefully lowered to the bottom and securely packed by the midnight ...

1998 Pokhran tests demonstrated India's unwavering resolve to world: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the Pokhran nuclear tests of 1998 demonstrated India's unwavering resolve ...

‘Smiling Buddha’ at 52: Test that announced India’s nuclear arrival to the world

Fifty-two years ago, India detonated a nuclear device in Rajasthan's Thar desert, codenamed 'Smiling Buddha'. This event, coinciding with Buddha Purnima, marked India's entry into the nuclear club.