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Pokhran-II Nuclear Tests

India · Government / Government of India. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1998

Atal Bihari Vajpayee11 May 1998

Pokhran · Government / Government of India

India conducts a series of nuclear tests at Pokhran and openly declares itself a nuclear-weapon state.

Names involved

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Provenance

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