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Historical Event on 8/12/1979

Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
10/24/1789Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born
4/29/1947Abolition of ""untouchability"".
9/1/1978Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1981.
5/6/1993Violence in Orissa state secretariat, CM manhandled.
4/11/1999India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile.
5/7/1991Haryana beat Bombay in the cricket Ranji Trophy final by 2 runs.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh
11/13/1908Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade, former ruler and great industrialist, was born.
11/3/1999Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M).