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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 |
| 8/21/1981 | Dattatrey Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kakasaheb"", freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 96. |
| 7/16/1914 | N. E. Balram, communist leader, died. |
| 7/8/1930 | The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London. |
| 4/8/1950 | Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact. |
| 6/11/1976 | Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation. |
| 7/16/1909 | Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana. |
| 6/11/1984 | 574 Sikh army deserters arrested. |
| 5/1/1913 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born. |
| 2/10/1995 | PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister. |
| 7/12/1993 | West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died. |
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