| 4- August-1956 | Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay. |
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| 13- August-1956 | National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India. |
| 29- August-1956 | India gets $ 360 million loan as food aid. |
| 31- August-1956 | The President of India gave his consent to the States Reorganistion Bill. |