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Historical Event on 1/20/1957

First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1994Nar Bahadur Bhandari voted out in Sikkim; Sikkim Sangram Parishad leader Sanchaman Limboo takes over as CM.
3/12/1972Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.
1/23/1996Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93.
6/29/199324 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
6/19/2000Salgocar wins the Pondicherry Millennium All India Football tournament in Pondicherry.
12/13/1989Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison.
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
3/13/1997Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity.
3/9/1974Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away.