12 JAN HISTORY EVENTS
Today in Indian History Events for January 12
12-January-1399Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born.
12-January-1708Shahu was crowned as the Maratha ruler. Shahu, son of Sambhaji, entered Satara and released Aurangzeb's son Azam the previous year.
12-January-1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
12-January-1863Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta.
12-January-1869Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi.
12-January-1895Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, was born at Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.
12-January-1901Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.
12-January-1906Pandit Mahadeo Shastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born.
12-January-1918C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born.
12-January-1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.
12-January-1934Surya Sen (Master Da), revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army, who attacked the armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army, was hanged at Chittgong Jail by the Britishers.
12-January-1946De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above
12-January-1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
12-January-1949Tej Bahadur Saproo, liberal leader, passed away. He was a strong believer in constitution and not in revolutions.
12-January-1953Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay.
12-January-1955Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and veteran journalist, passed away.
12-January-1966Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away.
12-January-1990Upper age limit for Civil Services Examination raised from 26 to 28 years.
12-January-1990Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles.
12-January-1992India and Russia sign a new political treaty.
12-January-1992Punjab election set for February 19.
12-January-1992Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous Classical singer, passed away at the age of 67.
12-January-1993Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested.
12-January-1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.
12-January-1994S. S. Nadkarni, Chairman of National Stock Exchange, appointed SEBI Chairman.
12-January-1995Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000.
12-January-1996Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill.
12-January-1997Paes-Bhupathi win doubles title in the Singapore Open Challenger hardcourt tennis.
12-January-2000Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.
12-January-2000T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired.
12-January-2000The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years.
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