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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
9/11/1958India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled.
4/13/1699Khalsa Panth established.
3/26/1997Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes a Bill to amend the Prohibition Act, ending the state's 2-year experiment with total prohibition.
6/17/1933The civil disobedience campaign ended.
12/28/1977Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died.
10/24/1934Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics.
8/25/2000Veerappan seeks release of 121 prisoners, including 51 booked under TADA at the Mysore prison and compensation to victims of STF excesses 
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
11/15/1991Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant.
10/10/1964Gurudutt, famous film actor, died