The smiling Buddha
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- India successfully conducted its first nuclear weapon test in Pokhran, Rajasthan, on May 18, 1974.
- After the test, known as “Smiling Buddha,” India became the sixth nuclear state in the world to successfully test a nuclear bomb outside of the five permanent members of the United Nations, which are the US, Soviet Union, Britain, France, and China.
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Birth of Satellites
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- On April 19, 1975, a massive polyhedron-shaped object was sent into space by rocket thrusters at a desolate-looking launch site in the Russian province of Astrakhan.
- It was “Aryabhata,” India’s first unmanned satellite, and a significant occasion in the history of the country.
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Birth of Durga
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- On October 3, 1978, Dr. Subhash Mukherjee became the first physician in India and the second in the world to create a test tube baby. The baby, who was given the name Durga, is today known as Kanupriya Agarwal.
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