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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
10/16/1976Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting.
10/3/1880Sakuntal Sangeet held in Anandodbhav Auditorium in Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical play in Marathi.
3/8/1948Air India International was established for overseas services.
7/2/1961Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex.
8/5/1905Subhadrakumari Chauvhan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
3/4/1991Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presents mid-term budget, cut in food and fertiliser subsidy, amounting to Rs. 934 crore, proposed.
6/1/1996H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in.
6/1/1996Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India.
6/1/1996Babur Shah was declared as the Emperor of Dehli.
4/6/1966Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).