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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
11/13/1901Four Language panels were started on Rs. 10/- notes. First time four corner serial numbers were introduced. This panel had Indian languages which varied from state to state.
12/1/1998Dhian Singh (103), freedom fighter dies at Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. He was a member of the Indian National Army and was jailed a number of times during the freedom movement.
1/9/1935Harishankar Sharma, great educationist, was born at Jaipur.
8/9/1963India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow.
10/13/1991Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee.
5/12/1966Sardar Sikandar Hayat, President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, resigns.
3/18/1996President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
9/14/1953Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul.
9/24/1629Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.
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