12 January special day in India
Important Events-
Birth & Death
12 January special day in India - Important Events :
- 1705: Satara became the capital of the Maratha Empire.
- 1915: The US Congress rejected the proposal to give women the right to vote.
- 1931: Solapur revolutionaries Kisan Sharda, Mallappa Dhanshetty and Qurban Hussain were hanged.
- 1936: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s three-fold announcement of religious conversion.
- 1997: Social activist Gangutai Patwardhan was awarded the first Baya Karve Award by the Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Sanstha.
- 2005: National Knowledge Commission established.
- 2020: Taal volcano erupted in the Philippines
- 12 January special day in India
12 January special day in India - Birth :
- 1598: Birth of ‘Rajmata Jijau’. (Died: 17 June 1674)
- 1854: Birth of ‘Venkatesh Bapuji Ketkar’ – Famous mathematician and internationally renowned astrologer. (Died: 3 August 1930)
- 1863: Birth of ‘Swami Vivekananda’ – The one who spread the importance of Indian philosophy all over the world. (Died: 4 July 1902)
- 1893: Birth of ‘Hermann Göring’ – German Nazi. (Died: 15 October 1946)
- 1899: Birth of ‘Paul Hermann Muller’ – Nobel Prize winning Swiss chemist. (Died: 12 October 1965 – Basel, Switzerland)
- 1902: Birth of ‘Maharshi Dhondirajshastri Vinod’ – Nyayaratna. (Died: 13 July 1969)
- 1906: Birth of ‘Mahadevshastri Joshi’ – Editor of Bharatiya Sanskuti Kosha. (Died: 12 December 1992)
- 1917: Birth of ‘Maharshi Mahesh Yogi’ – Creator of Transcendental Meditation, Musician.
- 1918: Birth of ‘C. Ramachandra’ – Veteran Musician. (Died: 5 January 1982)
- 1931: Birth of ‘Ahmed Faraz’ – Urdu Poet. (Died: 25 August 2008)
- 1949: Birth of ‘Parasnath Yadav’ – Indian Politician. (Died: 12 June 2020)
- 1952: Birth of ‘Arun Govil’ – Played the role of Ram in the Hindi series Ramayana produced by Ramanand Sagar.
- 1964: Birth of ‘Jeff Bezos’ – Founder of Amazon Company.
- 1972: Birth of ‘Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’ – Daughter of Sonia Gandhi, Indian Politician.
- 12 January special day in India
12 January special day in India - Death :
- 1897: ‘Isaac Pittsman’ – Creator of shorthand (Born: 4 January 1813)
- 1934: ‘Surya Sen’ – The great revolutionary of India’s freedom struggle was hanged.
- 1966: ‘Narhar Vishnu Gadgil’ – Freedom fighter, writer, Union Minister, Governor of Punjab passed away. (Born: 10 January 1896)
- 1976: ‘Agatha Christie’ – English mystery writer passed away. (Born: 15 September 1890)
- 2001: ‘William Reddington Hewlett’ – Co-founder of Hewlett-Packard HP Company (Born: 20 May 1913)
- 2005: ‘Amrish Puri’ – Veteran Hindi film actor passed away. (Born: 22 June 1932)