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    India naming its first nuclear test in 1974.


    Smiling Buddha was India’s first successful nuclear test, conducted on May 18, 1974, at Pokhran in Rajasthan under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

    Officially, India described it as a “peaceful nuclear explosion,” though internationally it was understood as India demonstrating nuclear weapons capability. The test also changed geopolitics in South Asia and eventually contributed to the formation of global nuclear export control groups like the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

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    1. GodfatheXTonySoprano on

      **Fun fact:** The codename “Smiling Buddha” was reportedly chosen because the nuclear test was conducted on Buddha Purnima in 1974.

      Buddha Purnima is one of the most important Buddhist festivals, celebrated to mark the birth of Gautama Buddha. Many traditions also associate the day with his enlightenment and passing (Mahaparinirvana). It is observed on the full moon day (“Purnima”) of the Vaisakha month, usually in April or May.

    2. LiesInReplies on

      The Buddha when he sees a literal nuclear explosion:

      😌

      (he’s an enlightened being, he can’t be shook)

    3. Jazzlike-Equipment45 on

      “Peaceful Nuclear Explosion” holy fuck Civ Ghandi was actually based on somthing

    6. kart2000 on

      The Issue is that if they didn’t try to form N5 by making china have nukes then India would not have made nukes as well.

      They had to create it as a BOT(Balance of Threat).

      India needed Nuclear detterrence because china was attacking India constantly.

      If not for people like Homi Bhabha, today half of India would be in the hands of China.

    8. PerceptionLiving9674 on

      I always thought it had something to do with Buddha, the Hindu incarnation of Mercury. 

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