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National Technology Day observed on May 11

On 11 May 2016 National Technology Day was celebrated across India. 
•    The function was headed by the President Pranab Mukherjee in Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
•    The theme for celebrations of the Technology Day 2016 is Technology enablers of Startup India.
•    The day commemorates the anniversary of first of the five tests of Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) nuclear test which was held on 11 May 1998 in Pokhran, Rajasthan.
•    National Technology Day is a very special day for Indian Technology since 1999. 
•    It is so significant because India achieved a huge technological advancement on the day. The first, indigenous aircraft “Hansa-3” was test flown at Bangalore on this day. 
•    India also performed successful test firing of the Trishul missile on the same day. India also executed three successful nuclear tests, carried out at Pokhran, in Rajasthan May 11.

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