Pokhran (Hindi: पोखरण) is a city and a municipality located in the Jaisalmer district of the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Population: 21,014
Latitude: 26° 55' 12.25" N
Longitude: 71° 54' 58.72" E
Smiling Buddha (MEA designation: Pokhran-I) was the assigned code name of India's first nuclear weapon explosion on 18 May 1974. The device was detonated on the army base Rajasthan Pokhran Test Range by the Indian Army under the supervision of sever…
Pokhran-II was the series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by India at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in May 1998. It was the second nuclear test; the first test, code-named Smiling Buddha, was conducted in May 1974.
Pokhran (also spelled Pokaran) is a city and a municipality located in the Jaisalmer district of the Indian state of Rajasthan.