Smiling Buddha (MEA designation: Pokhran - I) was the assigned code name of India 's first successful nuclear bomb test on 18 May 1974. The bomb was detonated on the army base, Pokhran Test Range (PTR), in Rajasthan by the Indian Army under the supervision of several key Indian generals.
where was the first nuclear test conducted in india
on the army base, Pokhran Test Range (PTR), in Rajasthan