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Historical Event on 5/18/1974
First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1969 | India all out for 163 at Madras vs Australia, Ashley Mallett takes 5-91. |
| 10/26/1935 | Ashok P.Jain, great industrialist, was born. |
| 7/3/1927 | A. Neelameghan, librarian, was born at Ootacamund in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/10/1987 | Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh. |
| 3/11/1975 | Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda. |
| 3/1/1992 | Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away. |
| 3/19/1936 | Raghav Kaneria, great artist and decorator, was born. |
| 7/7/1763 | Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal. |
| 4/24/1980 | Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief. |
| 3/9/1931 | Karansingh, politician, was born. |
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