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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
8/27/1918Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born.
1/21/1922Juda Reuben, cricket Test umpire for 10 tests from 1969-77, was born in Mumbai.
6/18/1997Prakash Padukone launches IBC.
3/4/1927Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was born.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
5/6/1993Violence in Orissa state secretariat, CM manhandled.
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.
6/16/1946Cabinet Mission negotiations were discontinued. Viceroy proposed Interim Government.
8/10/1948Atomic Energy Commission established.
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.