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Option 3 : Only (i), (ii) and (iii)

In May 1998, India conducted the Pokhran-II tests which consisted of five nuclear bomb test explosions at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range. 

  • The first test was held in May 1974 with the code name Smiling Buddha whereas the Pokhran-II code name was Operation Shakti. 
  • After the nuclear explosions at Pokhran in 1998, various response comes from the world.
  • After India and Pakistan conducted nuclear tests in 1998, the United States released a statement criticizing both countries. 
  • On June 6, The United Nations Security Council passed resolution 1172, condemning the tests and ordering both countries to stop conducting them. 
  • Between 1998 and 1999, the US held a series of bilateral talks with India on the question of India joining the CTBT and NPT.
  • The US put pressure on India to ratify the Non-Proliferation Treaty but India declines it by arguing NPT  discriminated between have-haves not. 
  • A number of major countries, including Japan and the United States, imposed sanctions against India as a result of the Pokhran-II nuclear tests.

​Thus, The US condemned the nuclear tests of both India and Pakistan, UN Security Council passed a resolution condemning nuclear explosions. The US and its strategic allies imposed economic sanctions on India.

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