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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
10/22/1997Indian veterans take winning 3-0 lead against Pakistan in the five-match cricket series.
2/23/1980Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.
4/19/1975First Indian Satellite ''Aryabhata'' launched. The Satellite provided technological experience in building and operating a satellite system. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos.
3/26/1972The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.
12/19/1994Critical stores of IAF were de-inducted by AN-124 contracted by UN. Bulky stores were brought by ship Mogadishu.
9/1/1999The Congress(I) President, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, launches a broadside against the Vajpayee Government on handling of Kargil issue.
2/25/1927Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away.
8/15/1950Indian Constitution goes into effect.
9/18/1909Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born.
7/25/1938Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born.