Pokhran
Town in Rajasthan, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the town. For the 1974 nuclear tests, see Pokhran-I. For the 1998 nuclear tests, see Pokhran-II.
Pokhran (official spelling Pokaran; Hindi: पोकरण) is a town and a municipality[1] located 112 km east of Jaisalmer city in the Jaisalmer district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated in the Thar Desert region. Surrounded by rocks, sand and five salt ranges, the word "Pokaran" (पोकरण) means "place surrounded by five salt-ranges" in Rajasthani. The site for India's first and second underground nuclear weapon test is near Pokhran.