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January 04, 2025
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Rajagopala Chidambaram, India’s atomic weapons man, passes away at 88

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Rajagopala Chidambaram, India’s foremost nuclear weapons designer and an important player in both of India’s Pokhran nuclear tests — Smiling Buddha in May 1974 and Operation Shakti in May 1998 — passed away at Mumbai’s Jaslok Hospital at 3.20 am on Saturday following health complications. He was 88.According to those close to him, […]