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Historical Event on 9/17/1997

Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/19/2000Salgocar wins the Pondicherry Millennium All India Football tournament in Pondicherry.
10/22/1997Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived.
11/20/1946Gandhiji starts tour without party.
8/30/1983Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.
9/20/1928Narayan Guru ""Nanu"" of Kerala entered in maha Samadhi. His teachings are held in great reverence even today.
12/8/1930British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.
12/1/1963Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union.
8/3/199835 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed.
11/20/1942Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26.
1/3/1996Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order.