Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, paid tributes to India's scientists and their efforts behind the successful nuclear tests in 1998 on the occasion of National Technology Day.
The day is observed to mark the successful nuclear tests in Pokhran.
In this May 20, 1998 file photo, from left, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Defence Minister George Fernandes, founder of the Indian nuclear program A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and Atomic Energy Chief R. Chidambaram display the victory symbol during a visit to the Shakti 1 test site, where India tested nuclear devices a week earlier, in Pokhran, Rajasthan. (Source: AP)
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