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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 |
| 4/27/1920 | Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian leader and Magssese Awardee, was born. |
| 1/15/1993 | PM asks for judicial probe into Bombay riots, sanctions Rs. 1 crore aid for victims. |
| 9/11/1987 | Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away. |
| 12/1/1921 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader, social reformer and freedom fighter was arrested by the British police for six months and sent to jail. |
| 8/26/1949 | Social Democratic Party led by K. T. Shah formed. |
| 8/28/1973 | India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis. |
| 4/1/1992 | The 79,698 crore Eighth Plan launched. |
| 9/6/1947 | Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees. |
| 2/21/1829 | Kittur Rani Channamma, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. |
| 5/15/1998 | Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award. |
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