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Historical Event on 3/12/1969

Reactor Research Centre established at Kalpakkam. On 18th December 1985, it was renamed as Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1999Congress (I)-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine is invited to form the Government in Maharashtra. Vilasrao Deshmukh to be sworn in as Chief Minister.
10/10/1946Noakhali Massacre.
10/16/1990Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died.
2/3/1954Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.
2/10/1999P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi.
4/27/1705Aurangzeb captured the Fort of Vagingera.
4/30/1870Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra' and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter.
6/4/1902Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born.
1/19/1996Upendranath 'Ashk', noted Hindi literary figure known for his disputed writings, passed away.
3/20/1782Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born.