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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
2/19/1818Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away.
1/14/1998The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka.
12/27/1996Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.
6/19/1877Pandurang Chimanaji Patil, famous agriculturist of Maharashtra, was born.
6/19/1877Daud Shah assasinated Mujahid Shah to become the fourth Bahmani Sultan, but himself was murdered by a slave.
1/21/1943Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by British police.
3/8/1948Air India International was established for overseas services.
7/6/1927Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born.
10/26/1999India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
1/27/1996'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully.