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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 |
| 8/17/1911 | Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born. |
| 3/18/1974 | Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away. |
| 4/3/1946 | Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive. |
| 5/18/1926 | Naranjan Bhagat, famous Gujrathi poet, was born. |
| 11/30/1999 | The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term. |
| 12/25/1974 | Indian Aeroplane Jumbo 747 was hijacked and taken over to Rome. |
| 4/1/2000 | Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi. |
| 4/29/1848 | Raja Ravi Verma, famous classic, prolific painter and great Indian Artist, was born in Kilimanoor, Kerala. |
| 10/11/1999 | Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely. |
| 6/12/1976 | Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, died at Varanasi. |
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