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Historical Event on 10/29/1996
Kamini' (Kalpakkam Mini), a 30 KW research reactor which uses man-made Uranium-233 as fuel and the only working reactor of its kind in the world, attains 'criticality'.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/23/1946 | Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence. |
12/4/1993 | Mulayam Singh Yadav, takes over as CM of UP; Bhairon Singh Sekhawat of Congress sworn in as CM of Rajasthan. |
4/27/1993 | A national credit fund for women called the 'Rashtriya Mahila Kosh' set up. |
6/8/1929 | Ventappa Musandra Muddiah, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 2 Tests 1959-61), was born in Bangalore. |
3/25/1987 | Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections . |
3/19/1935 | British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23. |
1/15/1784 | Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution. |
5/4/1989 | Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
8/27/1859 | Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born. |
11/5/1961 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States. |
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