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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
11/20/1917Ram Gopal, great Indies /English classical dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), was born.
4/29/1957The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
11/16/1860First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa.
8/20/1996India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's, England.
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
3/1/1997India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-test series 2-0 win in Matara.
10/4/1992D. M. Sutar, freedom fighter and senior journalist, died.
2/27/1803Great fire in Bombay.
2/8/1921Chamber prince of a Royal Proclamation was inaugurated.
3/21/1982Nadmuri Tarak Rama Rao forms Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh.