rajiv gandhi was the president of india when first nuclear tests was conducted.
rajiv gandhi was the president of india when first nuclear tests was conducted.
who was the president of india when first nuclear tests was conducted?
rajiv gandhi
india has a long history of development of nuclear weapons. origins of india's nuclear program dates back to 1944, when started its nuclear program soon after its independence. in the 1940s–1960s, india's nuclear program slowly matured towards militarization and expanded the nuclear power infrastructure throughout the country. decisions on the development of nuclear weapons were made by indian political leaders after the chinese invasion and territorial annexation of northern india. in 1967, india's nuclear program was aimed at the development of nuclear weapons, with indira gandhi carefully overseeing the development of weapons. in 1971, india gained military and political momentum over pakistan, after a successful military campaign against pakistan. starting preparations for a nuclear test in 1972, india finally exploded its first nuclear bomb in pokhran test range, codename "smiling buddha", in 1974. during the 1980s–90s, india began development of space and nuclear rockets, which marked pakistan's efforts to engage in the space race with india. pakistan's own program developed space and nuclear missiles and began unmanned flight tests of its space vehicles in the mid-1990s, which continues in the present.
india–pakistan relations
from the first nuclear test in 1945, worldwide nuclear testing increased rapidly until the 1970s, when it peaked. however, there was still a large amount of worldwide nuclear testing until the end of the cold war in the early 1990s. afterwards, the comprehensive test ban treaty was signed and ratified by the major nuclear weapons powers, and the number of worldwide nuclear tests decreased rapidly. india and pakistan conducted nuclear tests in 1998, but afterwards only north korea conducted nuclear tests--in 2006, 2009, 2013, twice in 2016, and in 2017.
historical nuclear weapons stockpiles and nuclear tests by country