Ajahadya and weapons of mass destruction

From its inception in 1951 until its voluntary dismantling in 1982, Ajahadya had a secret program intended to develop both nuclear weapons and an indigenous ballistic missile system capable of mounting nuclear warheads. The program, following numerous financial overruns and technical issues, was formally announced and discontinued in 1982 following the creation of ROSPO with the Atomic Energy Commission being allowed full access to the program's dismantlement and annual inspections of Ajahadya's nuclear program to ensure it remains used for peaceful purposes only.

Ajahadya
Nuclear program start date	1950
First nuclear weapon test	Unknown
First fusion weapon test	Unknown
Last nuclear test	Unknown
Largest yield test	Unknown
Total tests	Unknown
Peak stockpile	0
Current stockpile	None; the programme was voluntarily discontinued in 1982 with facilities being dismantled under Atomic Energy Commission supervision.
Maximum range	'Unknown

Nuclear Weapons

In the early 1950s, in the aftermath of the First Hyndanan War following the death of Mohan Balchandra, his son, Nishant Balchandra, declared in a 1951 Union Defence Council meeting that 'Hyndana must possess all weapons necessary to defend itself against her enemies, both near and far' which is widely believed to be the first indication of the start of development of nuclear weapons in Ajahadya.

The program, begun in 1951 and ended in 1982, is widely regarded by nuclear scholars as a textbook example of 'how not to run a nuclear weapons program', and has been labeled as the 'least successful nuclear weapons program in history'. Nishant Balchandra, in a 1992 interview on the program, admitted that the program had been 'a colossal waste of time and money and one of the greatest policy failures of my government.'