India & Pakistan's nuclear tests, a year before the Kargil conflict| Part 1 Past Forward

India-Pakistan Kargil conflict in 1999 was the first time two nuclear armed countries locked horns over the highest war zone in the world after cold war. Just a year back in 1998 both countries had tested nuclear weapons. In this episode of PastForward, ThePrint trace the journey of India’s nuclear programme, from peaceful uses of atomic energy in the 1950s to a peaceful nuclear explosion in 1974 to disarmament in the 1980s to the overt testing of nuclear weapons in Pokhran in 1998.
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[@anuchugh31]

Mind blowing. These stories should be told again and again to instil a sense of pride and thanksgiving to our leaders and NRI who took difficult decisions and helped cos no other country other than Israel have difficult neighbourhood. These milestones should be celebrated so they are remembered throughout. 🇮🇳

[@sandeepraut8061]

Atal Bihari Vajapayee and Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam were the true diamonds....!!! My salute and heartfelt gratitute to these great souls.... 🙏🙏

[@Rajasthani710]

Atal Bihari tatu Tha ....fatu number one. Our plane was high jacked and then kargil and he was still licking paki assss

[@rishabhjain1997]

Love the new series

[@amishthaker7270]

Loved it. Great reporting.

[@maheshpshenoi3082]

2:15 that's E.K.Nayanar former CM of Kerala not P.K.Iyengar.

[@jaydeepgadhavi5465]

The economic story was excellent. It's just that those measures don't really work to correct the demand slump that we are facing today

[@jaydeepgadhavi5465]

Preparation of nuclear test while opening up to the west is a more apt form of strategic autonomy than any other. Something that Sadaat did while opening up to Israel while moving into the Sainai peninsula which was under Israeli control since 1956

[@CityLightsAndNights]

Salute to our former president APJ Abdul Kalam khan.

[@Ancz7]

Once visited the vast open garden of Rajghat, saw a plane fly and I vaguely remembered a story told in my literature texts of the Japanese survivors of Hiroshima waking up, their bodies matted in burns, houses collapsed. With every breath they took in, they were hammering their future. There's NO Deterrent. One day some economy will collapse, and some leader go crazy populist. Even Nuclear power generation should be treated warily, let alone celebrating ABs.

[@imaXenoX]

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