▁India ' s ▁successful ▁inter vention ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁se cess ion ▁of ▁Eastern ▁cont ing ent ▁as ▁Bang l adesh . ▁The ▁out comes ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁played ▁a ▁cru cial ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁civil ▁society . ▁In ▁January ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁a ▁c land est ine ▁crash ▁programme ▁and ▁a ▁spin - off ▁to ▁literary ▁and ▁the ▁scientific ▁revolution ▁as ▁response ▁to ▁that ▁crash ▁programme ▁led ▁Pakistan ▁becoming ▁the ▁nuclear ▁power . ▁ ▁First ▁public ▁tests ▁were ▁experiment ed ▁out ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁( code ▁names : Ch ag ai - I ▁and ▁Ch ag ai - II ) ▁in ▁a ▁direct ▁response ▁to ▁India ' s ▁nuclear ▁explos ions ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year ; ▁thus ▁Pakistan ▁ ▁became ▁the ▁ 7 th ▁nation ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁to ▁have ▁successfully ▁developed ▁the ▁programme . ▁It ▁is ▁post ulated ▁that ▁Pakistan ' s ▁crash ▁programme ▁arose ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁and ▁mass ▁acceleration ▁took ▁place ▁following ▁the ▁India ' s ▁nuclear ▁test ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁It ▁also ▁resulted ▁in ▁Pakistan ▁purs uing ▁similar ▁amb itions , ▁resulting ▁in ▁the ▁May ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁test ings ▁of ▁five ▁nuclear ▁devices ▁by ▁India ▁and ▁six ▁as ▁a ▁response ▁by ▁Pakistan , ▁opening ▁a ▁new ▁era ▁in ▁their ▁rival ry . ▁Pakistan , ▁along ▁with ▁Israel ▁and ▁India , ▁is ▁three ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁states ▁that ▁have ▁rest rained ▁itself ▁from ▁being ▁party ▁of ▁the ▁N PT ▁and ▁C TB T