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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
10/11/1737A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
12/8/1999Furore in the Lok Sabha over RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav's daughter topping the MBBS exam.
12/9/1992More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial.
8/16/2000Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure.
11/22/1928British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties.
1/1/1973Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised.
10/23/1934Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress.
10/5/1868Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born.
6/2/1984Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act.
9/22/1986India vs Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie.