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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
4/19/1996AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
10/25/1964First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'.
6/12/1972D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died.
3/10/1998A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies.
2/7/1908Manmanath Gupta was born.
7/1/1958Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.
3/21/1997Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai.
5/1/1927Dr. Namwar Singh was born.
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.
8/10/1927Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras.