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NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DAY |
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Date-wise Events |
- May 11: It is observed on
this day every year,
to commemorate the first of the five nuclear bomb test
explosions that were carried out on 11 May
1998. In all five
tests were carried out with name "Operation Shakti" in
Pokhran in Rajasthan (INDIA) on 11th and 15th May 1998.
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Description |
- The
day is celebrated by giving National Technology Awards to
various individuals and industries in the field of science
and industry for adopting new technologies.
- Operation
Shakti (Pokhran-II) refers to the series of five nuclear
bomb test explosions conducted by India at the Indian Army's
Pokhran Test Range on May 1998.
- It was the second nuclear
test since the first test, code-named Smiling Buddha, had
been conducted in May 1974.
- Pokhran-II consisted of five
detonations, of which the first was a fusion bomb and the
remaining four were fission bombs.
- These nuclear tests
resulted in a variety of sanctions against India by a number
of major states, including Japan and the United States.
- After these successful tests, the nuclear program (started
by Indira Gandhi in 1974) was declared finished.
- A
team of scientists from Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC)
and Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)
were lead by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (scientific advisor to
the Prime Minister and Head of DRDO) and Dr. R. Chidambaram
(Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission, India).
- Since
then, May 11 has been officially declared as National
Technology Day in India.
- Same day, Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee added a phrase "Jai Vigyan" in to the slogan
"Jai Jawan- Jai Kisan" earlier given by Former Indian Prime
Minister Sri Lal Bahadur Shashtri, and also declared India
as a full-fledged Nuclear Power State.
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