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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
7/3/1979Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.
12/27/1962India and Pakistan begin negotiations over Kashmir.
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.
1/1/1851Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'.
5/18/1946Gandhiji discusses Plan with Cabinet Mission.
7/6/1939Manmohan Sood, cricketer (scored 0 & 3 in his only Test for India), was born in Lahore.
10/28/1947Sheikh Mohammad Abdulla invited to form an interim government in J&K.
7/27/1998B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister.
2/17/1698Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege.
11/23/1897Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born.