Multiple choice general knowledge history

on which date did india's first nuclear test take place?

  1. 18th May,1974

  2. 18th May,1988

  3. 1st April,2000

  4. 1st December,1998
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Explanation

India's first nuclear test, Operation Smiling Buddha, was conducted on 18th May 1974 at Pokhran in Rajasthan. This was a peaceful nuclear explosion under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The other dates are incorrect - 1988, 2000, and 1998 are all decades off from the actual event.

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