Indira Nehru Gandhi18 May 1974
India conducts its first nuclear test at Pokhran during Indira Gandhi's premiership.
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India conducts its first nuclear test at Pokhran during Indira Gandhi's premiership.
India detonates a nuclear device underground at Pokhran in the test later known as Smiling Buddha.
Indira Gandhi defends India's 1974 nuclear test and maintains that the programme serves national scientific and security objectives.
At his first press conference as prime minister, Desai states that his government does not believe in nuclear weapons.
Desai says India will consider the Non-Proliferation Treaty only if established nuclear powers accept meaningful disarmament.
Morarji Desai publicly argues that nuclear weapons do not provide useful defence and questions further explosive testing.
The Desai government accepts safeguards connected with Soviet heavy-water supplies for India's nuclear programme.
Desai tells Parliament that his government does not intend to manufacture nuclear weapons or conduct further nuclear explosions.
Vajpayee's government conducts the first three Pokhran-II nuclear tests, followed by two further tests on 13 May.
India tests an Agni-series nuclear-capable ballistic missile during Vajpayee's premiership.
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