1956
Apsara Reactor
Homi Bhabha leads India's atomic energy programme when Apsara, Asia's first research reactor, reaches criticality.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Trombay in India. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Homi Bhabha leads India's atomic energy programme when Apsara, Asia's first research reactor, reaches criticality.
Under Homi Bhabha's leadership, the CIRUS research reactor becomes operational at Trombay and expands India's nuclear research capacity.
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