* 1974 – Nuclear test: under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.

India also operates a number of PHWRs, often termed ' CANDU-derivatives ', built after the Government of Canada halted nuclear dealings with India following the 1974 Smiling Buddha nuclear weapon test.

Throughout its development, the device was formally called the " Peaceful Nuclear Explosive ", but it was usually referred to as the Smiling Buddha.

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** Nuclear test: Under Project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, becoming the 6th nation to do so.

Kalam was invited by Raja Ramanna to witness the country's first nuclear test Smiling Buddha as the representative of TBRL, even though he had not participated in the development, test site preparation and weapon designing.

In 1978, President Daud Khan began to take initiatives for building the massive military after witnessing the India's nuclear test, Smiling Buddha, to counter Pakistan's armed forces and Iranian military influence in Afghanistan's politics.

* Pokhran-I ( Smiling Buddha ): On 18 May 1974 India detonated an 8 Kiloton nuclear device at Pokhran Test Range becoming the first nation to become nuclear capable outside the five permanent members of United Nations Security Council as well as dragging Pakistan along with it into a nuclear arms race with the Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto swearing to reciprocate India .< ref > The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Munir Ahmed Khan said that the test would force Pakistan to test its own nuclear bomb.

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It was ultimately used to produce plutonium for India's Operation Smiling Buddha nuclear test.

In 1965, Bhutto's friend Munir Ahmad Khan had notified the status of Indian nuclear programme and an ambitious intention to build a nuclear weapon, which it did in 1974 ( see Operation Smiling Buddha ), Bhutto, in 1965, reportedly saying, unofficially:

After India's nuclear test – codename Smiling Buddha — in May 1974, Bhutto sensed and saw this test as final anticipation for Pakistan's death.

Secret history is sometimes used in a long-running science fiction or fantasy universe to preserve continuity with the present by reconciling paranormal, anachronistic, or otherwise notable but unrecorded events with what actually happened in known history ; for instance, in the Star Trek universe, Greg Cox's novels The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh cast the devastating Eugenics Wars of the 1990s ( still well into the future when first mentioned in an episode from 1967 ) as shadow wars most people never knew about, in which such real-life events from that era as the Smiling Buddha nuclear test, the Yugoslav Wars, and the 1992 Los Angeles riots were all part of one wider conflict.

According to the The Globe and Mail, the Chinese-Canadian community nicknamed Kenney the " Smiling Buddha " in reference to his efforts to garner ethnic votes on the basis of what some perceive as commonly held conservative values.

Following India's surprise nuclear test, codenamed Smiling Buddha in 1974, the first confirmed nuclear test by a nation outside the permanent five members of the United Nations Security Council, the goal to develop nuclear weapons received considerable impetus.

Although Pakistan began the development of nuclear weapons in 1972, Pakistan responded to India's 1974 nuclear test ( see Smiling Buddha ) with a number of proposals to prevent a nuclear competition in South Asia.

In 1974, Munir Ahmad Khan, days after Operation Smiling Buddha, launched the extensive plutonium reprocessing and uranium enrichment programme, and the research facilities were expanded throughout the country.

The uranium programme was started immediately after India's surprise nuclear test conducted at Indian Army base, the Pokhran Test Range, in 1974, under codename Smiling Buddha.

Smiling Buddha was seen as a final threat to Pakistan's existence.

She sang in her role opposite Maurice Chevalier in the Ernst Lubitsch musical The Smiling Lieutenant ( 1931 ), and was admired by critics for her ability to shrewdly play character role opposite the Miriam Hopkins.

Jarman was the author of several books including his autobiography Dancing Ledge, a collection of poetry A Finger in the Fishes Mouth, two volumes of diaries Modern Nature and Smiling In Slow Motion and two treatises on his work in film and art The Last of England ( also published as Kicking the Pricks ) and Chroma.

All of the material included was written specifically for the album with the exception of " Time Waits ," a song which John Bell had performed in solo appearances, and " Don't Wanna Lose You ," a song John Hermann had performed with his side-project Smiling Assassins.

Roeder, records in The Smiling General ( 1969 ) that Suharto was " well known for his tough, but not brutal, methods ".

The first single from the album was God Is Smiling.

The nickname was first used of Hannes Kolehmainen, also known as " Smiling Hannes ", as he took home three gold medals and broke two world records during the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.

The first of these was the 30 second The Smiling Worker performed in 1959.

Drummer Shelly Manne was credited with a Special Guest role in the 1959 episode " Keep Smiling " playing drums in the " Bamboo Club " combo.

The following year, Licorice left, and was replaced by Gerard Dott, an Edinburgh jazz musician and friend of both Heron and Williamson who had contributed to Smiling Men .. Williamson also recorded a solo album, Myrrh, which featured some of his most extraordinary vocal performances.

In the familiar opening, " When Irish Eyes Are Smiling ," performed either solo on an old-sounding piano or by a larger orchestra, was interrupted by the ring of a telephone and Gardner's New Yorkese accent as he answered, " Hello, Duffy's Tavern, where the elite meet to eat.

Yorke was nicknamed The Smiling Assassin because of his goal scoring abilities and his constant smile.

The next year, the single " Sunshine Reggae " was released, and became another chart-topper in their home country ; it was later included on the band's second album, Keep Smiling, in 1983, and went on to become a number-one single in Italy, West Germany, and nineteen other countries around the world.

It was followed by China's Next Top Princess ( 妃子笑 ) in 2005, and The Smiling Proud Wanderer stage performance by the Hong Kong Dance Company in 2006.

In January 2006, Midihead announced that he was canceling his then-upcoming Monolithic album Evil Behind Smiling Eyes to focus on other projects.

The camaraderie between the two men was most prominently displayed in the most famous event of the summit, when Reagan and Mulroney engaged in a duet of " When Irish Eyes Are Smiling ".

Timothy John " Tim " Keefe ( January 1, 1857 – April 23, 1933 ), nicknamed " Smiling Tim " and " Sir Timothy ", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher.

Michael Francis Welch Born as Michael Francis Walsh ( July 4, 1859 – July 30, 1941 ), nicknamed " Smiling Mickey ", was a Major League Baseball pitcher.