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Historical Event on 9/17/1997

Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1991Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam.
6/2/1991Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11.
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
12/29/1997Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics.
2/19/1993SC Jamir elected leader of the Congress (I) Legislature Party in Nagaland.
12/29/1968Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrathi playwright, story writer and novelist, died.
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.
11/7/1998Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas.
3/5/1999The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa.
1/22/1922Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born.