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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 |
| 9/19/1911 | Boyi Bhimanna, great Hindi writer, poet and prolific author, was born at Mamidikuduru in AP. |
| 6/30/1930 | George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born. |
| 5/1/1997 | Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men. |
| 1/16/1992 | For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat. |
| 1/18/1997 | Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins. |
| 6/1/1996 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away. |
| 3/16/1998 | Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party. |
| 8/18/1800 | Fort William College was established at Calcutta. |
| 3/1/1930 | Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras. |
| 9/12/1962 | Raghav Rangayya, famous Hindi poet, story writer and novelist, died. |
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