12 January

History On This Day : 12 January

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January 12, 2021 all-day
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History, Birthdays and Historic Events of 12 January-

  • January 12, 1399 – Kritiwas was born on 12 January 1399 who wrote the Ramayana in Bengali language.

  • January 12, 1708 – Shahu, son of Sambhaji, was crowned as the Maratha ruler.

  • January 12, 1863 – Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta on 12 January 1863.

  • January 12, 1869 – Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi on 12 January 1869.

  • January 12, 1895 – Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, was born on 12 January 1895 at Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.

  • January 12, 1906 – Pandit Mahadevshastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born on 12 January 1869 in the town of Ambede in Goa.

  • January 12, 1918 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, born as Mahesh Prasad Varma on 12 January 1918 was an Indian spiritualist who died on May 2, 2008. He developed the Transcendental Meditation technique.

  • January 12, 1918 – C. Ramchandra, also known as Chitalkar, famous film music director, was born on 12 January 1918.

  • January 12, 1934 – Surya Sen, Indian educator and revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army was hanged on 12 January 1934 by the British who was born on March 22, 1894.

  • January 12, 1936 – Brajanath Ratha, Indian poet, was born on 12 January 1936 who wrote in Odia and died on May 31, 2014.

  • January 12, 1945 – US Task Force 38 destroyed 41 Japanese ships in Battle Gratitude off the cost of Vietnam.

  • January 12, 1946 – De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above were done.

  • January 12, 1948 – Mahatma Gandhi began his final fast aiming a national reconciliation for communal peace in Delhi on 12 January 1948.

  • January 12, 1972 – Birth of Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

  • January 12, 1984 – In 1984 the Government of India declared 12 January, the birthday of Swami Vivekananda, as the National Youth Day and since 1985 the event is celebrated in India every year.

  • January 12, 1996 – Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill.

  • January 12, 2000 – T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired.

  • January 12, 2002 – In Pakistan, the former president, General Musharraf banned Kashmir Islamist separatist parties Jash-e-Muhammed and Lashkar-e-Tayaba, accused by India to be responsible of 13 December 2001 attack on Indian parliament.

  • January 12, 2005 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor, was died on 12 January 2005 who was born on 22 June 1932.

  • January 12, 2014 – Sheikh Hasina sworn on 12 January 2014 in for a third spell as Bangladesh’s prime minister after a deadly general election boycotted by the opposition amid an ongoing political crisis.

  • January 12, 2018 – Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C40) launched the Cartosat-2 Series satellite and 30 co-passenger satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on January 12, 2018 at 9:28 IST and completed the century. Three of the 31 sent satellites were Indian and 28 are from six countries: Canada, Finland, France, South Korea, UK and America.

 

to be Continued ..

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