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Index
age of nuclear enlightenment, 115
‘ambivalent’ nuclear policy, 8, 50, 54, 86, 123
APSARA research reactor, 29–31, 34
Atomic Energy Act of 1948, 25
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), 25, 27–28, 30, 34
atomic energy programme, 1
Atoms for Peace programme, 30, 37
Australia Group, 158
ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), 113, 142n7, 145–46, 163
Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971, 72, 94
Baruch Plan, 36, 40
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), 67, 69, 73, 100–101
Bhabha, Homi, 5, 11, 20, 23–24, 30, 38, 40, 62–63
on India’s nuclear capabilities, 65–66
scientific credentials, 25
three-stage atomic energy programme, 26–27, 31
views on role of science and technology, 24
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 10
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali, 89, 93
Bohr, Neils, 24
Bush, George H.W., 117
Canada
nuclear cooperation agreements with India, 32, 39, 69, 84–85
nuclear cooperation with Pakistan, 94
Canada Deutarium Uranium (CANDU) type of reactors, 33, 86
Canada–India Reactor (CIR) project, 32
China’s nuclear test, impact on India, 8–9, 44, 48–50, 89, 138–41
India’s diplomatic crusade against China, 50–62
CIRUS (Canada India Reactor Utility Service), 32–34, 39
Cockcroft, John, 24, 30, 40
