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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.

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9/8/1993	Andhra cabinet reshuffled by dropping four legislators and bringing in 16 new faces.
2/10/1943	Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3.
2/26/1975	Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad.
8/9/1996	Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP.
3/20/1937	England beat Scotland at Murrayfield for the first time for Soccer's Calcutta Cup, International Championship and Triple Crown, UK.
11/20/1967	First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
4/8/1929	Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.
5/13/1962	Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)
7/1/1947	British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
5/9/1917	Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India.

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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.

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.