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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
1/18/2000S. S. Dawra is appointed new Director of the Enforcement Directorate.
12/13/1999The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor.
11/14/1681East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency.
12/25/1876Mohamad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born.
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
6/9/1992LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala.
6/20/1918K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra.
6/20/1921Tilak University was established.
1/18/1972Vinod Ganpat Kambli, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-), was born in Bombay.