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Historical Event on 2/12/1997

Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/18/1991West Bengal opts for assembly poll.
2/2/1930Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away.
2/1/1931Gandhi chiefs order campaign of civil disobedience to continue.
3/23/1898Nalinibala Devi, Assamia poet, was born.
9/15/1997Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
5/18/1972Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established.
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
8/12/1979Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.
10/3/1890Laxminarayan Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, was born.
4/8/1998Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.