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Historical Event on 2/12/1997

Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1997At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.
10/30/1999G.V.G. Krishnamurthy, former Election Commissioner, seeks enhanced security in the wake of threats to his life.
6/10/1959Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, died near Hardwar.
3/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party.
7/16/1996The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'.
6/24/1991K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala.
6/29/1924Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians), was born.
11/10/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
6/26/1888Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani.
5/23/1895Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away.