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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 |
7/15/1902 | Judge K. Subba Rao, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
1/26/1919 | Mohammad Cazzambhoy Ibrahim Khan, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests India vs West Indies 1948-49), was born in Bombay. |
7/6/1901 | Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal. |
8/6/1999 | Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi. |
6/5/1896 | Muhammad Ismail Sahib, president of the Madras State Muslim League and freedom fighter, was born at Pettai, Tamil Nadu. He was the member of Rajya Sabha as well as Lok Sabha. |
11/14/2000 | Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office. |
1/28/1853 | Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba. |
9/1/1956 | Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory. |
6/17/1996 | Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died. |
8/10/2000 | Parliament approves the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill to create a hilly state of Uttaranchal. |
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