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Operation Smiling Buddha

Operation Smiling Buddha was successfully conducted by India on May 18, 1974, which was the first confirmed nuclear test by a nation that was not a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

Operation ‘Smiling Buddha’ was a landmark and courageous decision that showed our nation’s scientific prowess and made India the world’s sixth nuclear power .Which was the first confirmed nuclear test by a nation that was not a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

How was the name chosen?
* The name was chosen because the test was conducted on Buddha Purnima that year. 
* “The Buddha has finally smiled” was the message conveyed by Raja Ramanna, Director of India’s premier nuclear research institute Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)

Highlights
* The test was conducted on May 18, 1974 under the supervision of Raja Ramanna, who was then the director of India's premier nuclear research institute Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
* Smiling Buddha' (MEA designation: Pokhran-I) was the assigned code name of India's first successful nuclear bomb test.
* With the Smiling Buddha, India became the world's sixth nuclear power after the United States, Soviet Union, Britain, France and China to successfully test out a nuclear bomb.
* It was led by a team of 75 scientists and engineers, led by Raja Ramanna, PK Iyengar, Rajagopala Chidambaram, and others had worked on it from 1967 to 1974
* It took nearly two-year preparation for India to conduct this test. 
* India tested its first fission bomb, a nuclear weapon that had the explosion power similar to the bomb dropped by the USA in Hiroshima, Japan.
* The highlight of the test was that India had managed to avoid detection by the United States and other intelligence agencies.
* It is believed that the actual yield was around 8-12 Kilotons of TNT.

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