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भारतीय परमाणु परीक्षण
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भारतीय परमाणु परीक्षण

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भारतीय परमाणु आयोग ने पोखरण के मांडवा गांव में अपना पहला भूमिगत परिक्षण स्माइलिंग बुद्धा (पोखरण-१) १८ मई १९७४ को किया था। हलांकि उस समय भारत सरकार ने घोषणा की थी कि भारत का परमाणु कार्यक्रम शांतिपूर्ण कार्यो के लिये होगा और यह परीक्षण भारत को उर्जा के क्षेत्र में आत्मनिर्भर बनाने के लिये किया गया है। बाद में ११ और १३ म…

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ऋग्वेद
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ऋग्वेद सनातन धर्म और सम्पूर्ण विश्व का सबसे प्राचीन ग्रन्थ है जो उपलब्ध है। इसमें १० मण्डल, १०२८ सूक्त और वर्तमान में १०…

पोखरण-2
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पोखरण-2
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पोखरण-2 मई 1998 में पोखरण परीक्षण रेंज पर किये गए पांच परमाणु बम परीक्षणों की श्रृंखला का एक हिस्सा है। यह दूसरा भारतीय …

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On This Day

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2002
Myyrmanni_bombing
A bomb exploded in the Myyrmanni shopping center in Helsinki, Finland (aftermath pictured), resulting in seven deaths and 159 injuries.
1987
Sri_Lankan_civil_war
Sri Lankan Civil War: The Indian Peace Keeping Force began Operation Pawan to take control of Jaffna from the Tamil Tigers and enforce their disarmament as a part of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord.
1987
Second_National_March_on_Washington_for_Lesbian_and_Gay_Rights
An estimated 750,000 people attended the "Great March" in Washington, D.C., to demand greater civil rights for the LGBT community.
1984
Space_Shuttle_Challenger
Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan (pictured) became the first American woman to perform a space walk.
1973
Typhoon_Nora_(1973)
Typhoon Nora, the fourth-most intense tropical cyclone on record, dissipated after killing 40 people and leaving more than a million homeless across Taiwan and the Philippines.
1968
Apollo_7
Apollo 7, the first manned mission of NASA's Apollo program, and the first three-man American space mission, launched from Complex 34 in Cape Kennedy, Florida.
1950
Field-sequential_color_system
A field-sequential color system developed by Hungarian-American engineer Peter Goldmark became the first color television system to be adopted for commercial use, only for it to be abandoned a year later.
1950
CBS
CBS's field-sequential color system for television was the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
1942
World_War_II
World War II: At the Battle of Cape Esperance on the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, American ships intercepted and defeated a Japanese fleet sent to attack Henderson Field.
1937
Edward_VIII
Former British king Edward and his wife arrived at Berlin Friedrichstraße station to begin a tour of Nazi Germany, where they were greeted with Nazi salutes and dined with high-ranking members of the state apparatus.

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