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Historical Event on 2/12/1985
Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/7/1928 | Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born. |
| 7/1/1927 | Chandrashekhar, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 4/2/1970 | Meghalaya, an autonomous hilly state, was established after dividing the hilly areas of Assam. |
| 6/2/1965 | The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India). |
| 7/19/1993 | Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away. |
| 11/5/1961 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States. |
| 6/2/1975 | Devendra Mohan Bose, famous Scientist of Physics, passed away. |
| 9/17/1929 | La Fontaine, Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM and AVSM, VM, was born in Madras. |
| 4/24/1996 | Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition. |
| 2/22/1913 | Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Lucknow. |
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