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The strike lasted for 20 days till 27 May 1974 and was the largest recorded industrial action in the world. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] 18 May – Under project Smiling Buddha , India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon in the Thar Desert, and becomes the sixth nation to do so.
The reason for the intensity and high frequency of earthquakes is the Indian plate driving into Asia at a rate of approximately 47 mm/year. [1] The following is a list of major earthquakes which have occurred in India , including those with epicentres outside India that caused significant damage or casualties in the country.
Smiling Buddha (MEA designation: Pokhran-I) was the code name of India's first successful nuclear weapon test on 18 May 1974. The nuclear fission type bomb was detonated in the Pokhran Test Range of the Indian Army in Rajasthan.
Two events dominated the 25,000 deaths during 1974. China was struck by a magnitude 6.8 event in May with upwards of 20,000 deaths. At the end of the year, Pakistan was struck by a modest 6.2 magnitude earthquake causing 5,300 deaths. Gabon in central Africa was hit by a rare earthquake in September.
Pages in category "1974 in India" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
It was the second instance of nuclear testing conducted by India, after the first test, code-named Smiling Buddha, was conducted in May 1974. The test consisted of five detonations, the first of which was a high yield fusion bomb while the remaining four were fission bombs. One fusion and two fission bombs were detonated on 11 May 1998 and two ...
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Little Current, ridden by jockey Miguel Rivera, won the 1974 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. [195] [196] In fiction, May 18, 1974, is the "seventh day" in the bestselling 1962 novel Seven Days in May, about an attempted overthrow of the U.S. government. The day was modified to Sunday, May 19, for the 1964 film of the same ...