India celebrates National Technology Day

With this advancement in nuclear energy, India became the 6th nuclear state of the world on that day.

India, every year, on May 11 celebrates 'National Technology Day' to mark the anniversary of Shakti. Shakti is a Pokhran nuclear test, which was conducted on May 11, 1998. Various events such as competitions, quizzes, lecture, interactive sessions, and presentations are organized on the day in different technical institutes and engineering colleges of the nation to mar

Technology is crucial to nation's development.We must leverage technology, not only for economic development but also social transformation. My greetings on the occasion of #NationalTechnologyDay pic.twitter.com/oSFe6tDImC

— Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) May 11, 2018

The day also signifies the importance of science in our day to day life. Successfully conducted Pokhran test is a matter of pride for all Indian citizens.

About 'Shakti'

Shakti is a Pokhran nuclear test in which successive tests were carried out in Pokhran test range of Rajasthan. The first test Pokhran was carried out in May 1974. Following this, the second test conducted was Pokhran II that includes five tests. Out of these five tests, the first one was a fusion bomb while rests are fission bomb.

Though several names were attributed to these tests, the original name was kept intact as 'operation Shakti-98', while the five nuclear devices were classified Shakti I to Shakti V. The term Shakti has been taken from the Sanskrit language which means 'power'. At present, the whole operation is called Pokhran II.

With this advancement in nuclear energy, India became the 6^th nuclear state of the world on that day. But this was not the only thing that India has attained on that day. Besides 'Shakti' on the same day, 'Hansa -3' the foremost Indian aircraft developed by National Aerospace laboratory was flown in Bengaluru.