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Historical Event on 8/4/1956

Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/2/198432 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport.
3/21/1957India's national calender came into force.
1/25/1983Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982).
4/4/1951West Germany establishes full diplomatic relations with India.
9/9/1991Gold ornaments pledged by the Goans to the Portugese bank returned to owners.
12/29/1975D.K. Barooah elected Congress President.
3/10/1999Lok Sabha approves the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, by a voice vote.
5/19/1951Sukhdev Bihari Mishra of Mishra Brothers, first historian of Hindi litterateur, passed away.
5/27/2000In a mini cabinet reshuffle, Nitish Kumar gets back his Agriculture portfolio, while Dilip Ray resigns as Minister of State for Steel.
6/12/1997Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).