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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
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
6/23/1971Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, passed away.
1/1/1926Mohammad Abdul Hye, educationist, was born at Alitangani, (Nowgong).
5/17/1957Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests.
6/7/1965Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away.
3/18/1997Indo-Bangladesh friendship treaty, signed 25 years ago, expires.
11/5/2000The Interpol issues a ""look-out'' notice for the five persons and two of their accomplices, who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in December 1999
10/16/1999Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
10/1/1990Supreme Court stays implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations.
7/3/1991Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996.