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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
1/19/1697Maharana Pratap, the founder of Mewad and eminent personality, passed away.
1/1/1932Publication of Marathi Newspaper 'Sakal' started.
3/29/1989Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.
4/10/1997Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, announces Rs. 2.5 crore aid to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology, Mumbai.
10/11/1993CBI files chargesheet against stock-broker Hiten Dalal and 3 others for defrauding Canbank Mutual Fund over Rs.102 crore.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.
7/1/1982MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children.
7/25/2000Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena Chief, courts arrest and the court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Boiwada, B. P. Kamble dismisses the case because of six-year delay in pursuing it after the FIR.
11/5/1977Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi.
4/21/1991Hastmalji Maharaj, Jainbhumi parampujya, passed away.