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A nuclear device was detonated, with a yield of 12-13 kiloton of TNT, on May 18, 1974. Pokhran, an army test range located in the desert of western Rajasthan, was chosen. Here's what happened in the quest for India's first nuclear test.
India successfully conducted three nuclear bomb test explosions at the testing site in Pokhran on May 11, 1998. While these tests caused an international outcry at the time, they cemented India’s status as a nuclear power.
Talking about LIGO-India, he called LIGO one of the foremost science and technology initiatives of the 21st century.