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India's Nuclear Programme
Homi Bhabha built India's nuclear science base; Pokhran tests made India the 6th nuclear power
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Key Facts
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Homi Bhabha โ "Father of Indian Nuclear Programme"; founded TIFR (1945) and BARC (1954)
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Pokhran-I (1974): India's first nuclear test, code name "Smiling Buddha"; declared India a nuclear state
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Pokhran-II (1998): five tests, code names "Operation Shakti"; India declared itself a nuclear weapons state
๐ฌ Did you know? Homi Bhabha predicted in 1955 that India would have nuclear power in 20 years โ exactly accurate; he died in a 1966 air crash
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Indian Science
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๐ฎ๐ณ India
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1974
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Homi Bhabha built India's nuclear science base