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Historical Event on 7/12/2000

67 persons died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1894Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born.
2/12/1990Assembly election in Manipur.
10/10/1896Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, was born at Jorhat, Assam.
11/5/1994Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines.
5/15/2000Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag.
8/3/1890Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, was born at Varanasi.
6/10/1966MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.
3/30/1976Shankar Puroshattam Mulgaonkar 'Raghuvir', famous painter, passed away.
3/30/1976Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.