Defence Inshot

HISTORY OF INDIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMME I ndian nuclear programme was innitailly started to  fulfill the growing energy demands of the country The initiative was taken in 1948 by DR HOMI JAHANGIR BHABHA he approched the then PM NEHRU and encouraged him to setup a INDIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMME  IN 1948 atomic energy commision was established which was headed by HOMI BHABHA                                                                                                      and 6 years later the  DEPARTMENT ATOMIC ENERGY was established in 1954                                                                                                  from 1955 onwards INDIANS established the nuclear cooperation treaty with CANADA , USA and FRANCE  BUT in 1962 India and china went on war and on 16 Oct 1964 under the project 596 under the code name  Miss Qiu china conducted nuclear test which forced india to rethink of its nuclear  policy  IN 1964 under the leader ship of PM LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI the