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Historical Event on 8/12/1979
Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/16/1986 | Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail. |
| 9/26/1992 | Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent. |
| 1/17/1922 | T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born. |
| 1/15/1971 | Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away. |
| 1/15/1971 | Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan. |
| 6/10/1891 | Gandhiji called to the Bar. |
| 8/10/2000 | Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket. |
| 2/28/1859 | Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away. |
| 4/22/1991 | Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammed Khan expelled from Janata Dal. |
| 1/24/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected to become the first President of India and 'Jana Gana Mana....' was accepted as the National Anthem of the country. |
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