Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) commissioned the APSARA nuclear research reactor.

4 August 1956, APSARA was commissioned by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).

APSARA was the first Nuclear Research Reactor in India and also Asia.

Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru named this reactor 'Apsara'.

On 20 January 1957, India's nuclear reactor 'Apsara', the first nuclear reactor in Asia, was dedicated to the nation.
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