Today is the 100th death anniversary of the country’s former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The country remembers Atal Bihari Vajpayee as a journeyman politician and also for giving nuclear power to India. When Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister, the country successfully conducted Nuclear Test II on the land of Pokhran on 11 May 1998. At that time, the eyes of neighboring countries Pakistan and even America were fixed on India. Know how India conducted its nuclear test.
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May 11 is a very special day in the history of India. Because on this day in 1998, India conducted a nuclear test. National Technology Day is celebrated every year on this day in India. There is not even a film on it, named Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran. Watching this film it becomes clear that this test was not so easy.
America has a nuclear bomb
Let us tell you that with this test, India had joined the powerful countries of the world. But it was not so easy to conduct this test while avoiding powerful countries like America. The entire credit for this test goes to all those engineers, army officers, scientists along with the then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the then Chief Scientific Advisor to the PM, APJ Abdul Kalam. Who has made India a nuclear power.
Nuclear test was conducted in Pokhran
Nuclear testing was conducted in Pokhran, Rajasthan. Let us tell you that India had conducted three nuclear tests near Khettolai village in Pokhran Field Firing Range. This nuclear test conducted in Pokhran was named Operation Shakti.
America was tricked
When India announced to the world that it had nuclear power, the whole world was stunned because the intelligence agency of any country including America had no idea about it. At that time, America’s intelligence agency CIA used to keep an eye on India from moment to moment. Not only this, the CIA had spent crores of rupees and installed satellites to closely guard India. But despite all these challenges, India had successfully carried out Operation Shakti on the land of Pokhran.
Why only Pokhran?
To trick America during the test, all the engineers and scientists including former President APJ Abdul Kalam wore army uniforms. Due to which, when America’s satellite used to come, they thought that they were Indian Army soldiers. Not only this, in order to make the test successful and to deceive America, when the satellite reached Pokhran area, all the instruments and machinery were covered with sand and sacks, due to which America and Pakistan could not get a clue about it. During this time everyone’s name and code were different. After so many struggles, India became a nuclear power country at 3.45 pm on May 11.
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