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Historical Event on 7/12/2000

67 persons died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1992Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away.
7/29/1991Vazhappadi K. Ramamurthy, Union Labour Minister, resigns on account of differences on Cauvery water issue.
7/16/1909Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana.
6/21/1994The Janata Dal splits again, 14 of its 39 Lok Sabha members seek separate seats as a group.
7/5/1917'Hindumashinary Society' was established by Gajanan Bhaskar Vaidya.
11/21/1993R.F. Botha, Foreign Minister, moots a grouping of Indian Ocean countries.
8/23/1986B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
1/25/1824Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali poet and dramatist, was born in Sagardari village of Jessore district.
10/3/1999India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.