The nuclear test was named 'Smiling Buddha' because the test was conducted on the date that coincided with the Buddha Purnima festival that year. After the successful conduct of the test, Dr R Ramanna ...
NEW DELHI: On the morning of May 18, 1974, deep beneath the sands of Rajasthan’s Thar desert, India detonated a nuclear device that would alter the country’s strategic trajectory forever. At 8.05 am, ...