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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
9/9/1981Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died.
10/23/1996Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
5/15/1992BSE closed.
10/3/1996Second phase of UP polling.
9/4/1895Siyaramsharan Gupt was born.
12/1/2000An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.
11/22/1916Shanti Ghosh, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Calcutta. She was one of the accused in famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka.
5/6/1948India rejected the Security Council's plan for UN supervision over plebiscite in Kashmir.
1/2/1878Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and first president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, was born at Perunna village, Kerala State.
8/19/1903Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born.