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Historical Event on 5/18/1974

First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/7/1885Madhav Narayan Joshi, comedy drama writer, was born.
6/6/1992Ordinance issued to attach the properties of persons involved in the security scam.
7/16/1990O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD.
11/27/1972Bhutto reports the release of 616 Indian prisoners captured in the Indian-Pakistani dispute at Pakistan.
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
7/24/1932Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born.
12/29/1965First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory.
2/2/1993Prices of iron and steel hiked.
1/15/1993PM asks for judicial probe into Bombay riots, sanctions Rs. 1 crore aid for victims.
6/6/1962General Election ( 3rd) of India ends.