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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
2/19/200018 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai.
10/2/1845First Shipping Company of India started.
4/5/1993The Left and Democratic Front earns two third majority at the Tripura Assembly elections.
12/16/1997Mamata Banerjee, Congress(I) rebel, declares that she would seek recognition and separate symbol for her ""Trinamul Congress'' and contest elections on her own.
12/11/1996T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.
12/13/2000Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'.
7/30/1987Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo.
11/18/1999Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir.
3/8/1673Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered the fort of Panhala.
1/21/1963East German party Congress ends; Ulbricht, with Soviet support, condemns Chinese invasion of India at Berlin.