National Technology Day
May 11
Every year, May 11 is celebrated across the country as National Technology Day. This day is also a reminder that on this day in 1998, India had successfully carried out three successful nuclear tests at the Indian Army’s Pokhran Test Range which is located in Rajasthan. Operation Shakti was the code name given to the tests which were conducted on that day, which were led by the late President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. This was followed by two more nuclear tests being carried out on May 13, 1998. These nuclear tests gave India an entry into the elite group of nations who had nuclear weapons. India became the sixth nation in the world to join the `nuclear-club’.
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