Youm-e-Takbir

Youm-e-Takbir
یومِ تکبیر
Chagai-I atomic test
Observed byPakistan
TypeNational
CelebrationsFlag hoisting, atomic energy exhibitions, award ceremonies, singing patriotic songs, entertainment and military programmes, speeches, etc.
DateMay 28
Next time28 May 2025 (2025-05-28)
FrequencyAnnual

Youm-e-Takbir (Urdu: یومِ تکبیر; lit. The day of greatness) is celebrated as a national day in Pakistan on May 28 in commemoration of Chagai-I and Chagai-II series of nuclear tests. The nuclear tests made Pakistan the seventh nation to possess nuclear weapons and the first in the Muslim world.[1][2][3][4]

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  3. ^ "Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons". thenews. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  4. ^ "13th Youm-e-Takbeer to be observed today". 28 May 2011. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2011.