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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 |
| 8/15/1947 | India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries. |
| 9/3/1984 | Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 2/28/1987 | The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event). |
| 10/12/1907 | Durgaprasad Mandelia, famous merchant and industrialist, was born. |
| 2/1/1971 | Ajaysingh Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Jamnagar. |
| 10/5/1991 | Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died. |
| 2/1/1990 | Governors named for 14 states. |
| 12/13/2000 | Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'. |
| 1/10/1818 | The last battle was fought in Rampura between the Marathas and the company. |
| 1/27/1974 | President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi. |
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