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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
1/11/1999Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.
12/26/1925Krishna G. Ginde, great musician and singer, was born.
8/6/1994The Muslim Auqaf Trust takes over charge of the Hazratbal shrine after the removal of security bunkers around it by authorities.
6/18/1946First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
2/19/1997Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P.
8/13/1784East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which was accepted in British Parliament in England.
7/4/1985Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi.
1/4/1998V.D.I.S. nets Rs.10,500 crores with Rs 33,000 crore black money disclosed in 4,66,031 declarations made.
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
10/31/1966Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.