What is Operation Smiling Buddha?
Operation Smiling Buddha: 18th May, this day is very special for India. On this day the discussion about a mission intensified across the world. The name of the mission was “Operation Smiling Buddha”. Gautam Buddha who is a symbol of peace throughout the world. On the contrary, Smiling Buddha is associated with the atomic bomb. May 18 was the date after which countries around the world came to know that Operation Smiling Buddha mission had been successful. The world recognized India’s iron. But do you know what Operation Smiling Buddha is? If you do not know then be patient, we are going to tell you about this today. This year was 1974. The Indian government was about to test a nuclear bomb in the Pokhran range. When it was discussed what should be the name of this mission, one name that came up was Smiling Buddha. But do you know that conducting this nuclear test was not so easy. Many countries around the world were engaged in spying on India at that time.
India’s extremely secret mission, which betrayed the world
Let us tell you that this mission started under the supervision of Raja Ramanna, Director of Indian Atomic Research Centre. The entire operation was carried out by BRC on 7 September 1972 itself and it was executed completely. This mission of India was very big. Great care was taken to ensure that the world does not get a clue about it. Pokhran Range is near the Pakistan border. In such a situation, there was full expectation of espionage. In such a situation, Indian scientists did a wonderful job to escape from the eyes of the world. Indian Army soldiers supported him in this. India successfully conducted nuclear test in Pokhran, throwing dust in the eyes of the whole world. With this India became the sixth country to possess a nuclear bomb. However, for some time to come, India also had to suffer the consequences of this. In fact, many countries around the world have imposed restrictions on trade and other things on India at this time. However, India has always said in open forums that India’s nuclear testing is to maintain peace. India will never launch a nuclear attack on any country first.
India’s first nuclear test
In fact, India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had said in one of his speeches in the Parliament House that India would not make nuclear weapons even after gaining awareness. But this was a different era. Till this time the slogan of Hindi-Chini Bhai-Bhai was in use. Till this time Pakistan had not become a staunch opponent of India. The equations were different around the world. But the views of Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi were completely different from those of Jawaharlal Nehru. During the tenure of Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India, emphasis was laid on peaceful uses of the nuclear programme. After Indira Gandhi came to power, the nuclear program was accelerated. A team of about 75 scientists and engineers made the test of the atomic bomb successful. The hard work of this team made India’s first nuclear test successful. Raja Ramanna was leading this team. Let us tell you that he worked from 1967 to 1974. The result was that India successfully conducted nuclear testing for the first time. The result of this was that countries all over the world started believing in the glory of Indian science.
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