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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
1/6/1948Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
2/10/1910Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.
12/1/199217 ministers of the BJP government in Rajasthan quit for the 'Karseva' at Ayodhya.
6/3/1977K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress.
9/4/1996Narasimha Rao questioned by CBI.
10/15/1995PM leaves for a 12-day tour of Egypt, NAM Summit at Cartagena in Columbia and 50th year United Nations celebrations at New York.
4/13/1796The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
11/25/1990R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away.
4/5/1944221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site.