7- February-1985 | Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away. |
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9- February-1985 | Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away. |
12- February-1985 | Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people. |
20- February-1985 | Bhawani Prasad Mishra, progressive Hindi poet, passed away. His most famous poem is "Main Geet Bechtaa Hun". |