Smiling Buddha hit the floor hard, and he howled indignantly.

The project codenamed Smiling Buddha had been underway from 1967 under the leadership of Raja Ramanna.

In the morning in May 1974, Ramanna conducted the first test of a small nuclear device under codename Smiling Buddha.

In 1974, India carried out a nuclear test, codenamed Smiling Buddha, near Pakistan's eastern border.

May 18 - "Smiling Buddha", India's first nuclear test explosion takes place underground at Pokhran.

India's first Nuclear test was conducted on 18 May 1974 with the code name Smiling Buddha.

May 18 - "Smiling Buddha" nuclear weapon test by India.

Kate looked and saw a small rectangular lump of what might have been ivory, carved into the very rough image of a fat, smiling little Buddha.

The name of the operation was Smiling Buddha, and India termed the test as a "peaceful nuclear explosion".

India sustain its nuclear program during the aftermath of Operation Smiling Buddha - India's first nuclear tests.