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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 |
| 7/25/1929 | Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born. |
| 9/16/1973 | Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died. |
| 7/25/1986 | Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India. |
| 8/16/1980 | Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130. |
| 2/18/1999 | Ramakrishna Hedge, Commerce Minister, launched the India Brand Equity Fund (IBEF). |
| 5/10/1985 | 59 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks. |
| 6/9/1752 | French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India. |
| 6/9/1752 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe. |
| 8/9/1892 | Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, was born. |
| 4/1/1954 | Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960. |
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