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Code name for India's first successful nuclear bomb test' - 'Smiling Buddha' was the first nuclear test conducted by India in a place named Pokhran (Rajasthan) in the year 1974.
- The peaceful test codenamed 'Smiling Buddha' helped India become the sixth country in the world to conduct a nuclear test.
- The test was conducted on May 18, 1974 under the supervision of Raja Ramanna, who was the then Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Center.
- The test was named 'Smiling Buddha' because it was conducted on Buddha Purnima that year.
- With this feat, India became the first country outside the five permanent UNSC members to conduct the test.
- The key highlight of the test was that India managed to avoid detection by the United States and other intelligence agencies.
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