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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
4/3/1984Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
8/18/1911Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.
5/26/1997Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel.
9/26/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta.
10/28/1996Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.
5/15/1992CBI begins probe into the security scam.
7/1/1958Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.
10/16/1942Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India.
3/23/1962Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.