12th April’22 – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History?

Find out what happened on 12th of April in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred 12th April

 
Maharana Sangram Singh Sisodia (12 April 1482 – 30 January 1528) commonly known as Rana Sanga, was an Indian ruler of Mewar and head of a powerful Rajput confederacy in Rajputana during the 16th century.Rana Sanga succeeded his father, Rana Raimal, as king of Mewar in 1508. He fought against the Afghan Lodhi dynasty of Delhi Sultanate, and later against the Turkic Mughals of Ferghana.
Bejoy Nambiar (born 12 April 1979) is an Indian film director, and screenwriter known for his work in Bollywood. He is mostly known for his critically acclaimed short films, Rahu and Reflections, starring Mohanlal. He was the winner of Sony PIX’ s Gateway to Hollywood, as the best director judged by Ashok Amritraj, Rajat Kapoor and Anurag Basu.
Sumitra Mahajan (born 12 April 1943) is an Indian politician who was the Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha. She belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. On 6 June 2014, she got elected to the Lok Sabha for the eighth time, one of three members of the Lok Sabha to do so, and is currently the longest-serving woman member.
Ulka Gupta (born 12. April 1997 at Saharsa, Bihar) is an Indian television actress. She is popularly known as Manu as she played the role of Manu (the young Rani Lakshmibai) in the Zee TV soap Jhansi Ki Rani until leap and Kritika Singhal took her place as the adult Rani Lakshmi Bai and later she made a re-entry to the same show as Kaali.
Aashiq Abu (born 12 April 1978) is an Indian film director, producer, actor, and distributor, who works in Malayalam cinema. Aashiq Abu started as an ad filmmaker. He made his directional debut with Daddy Cool (2009).He is best known for his films Salt N’ Pepper (2011), 22 Female Kottayam (2012), Mayaanadhi (2017) and Virus (2019).
 

Notable Events:

 
1752 Agreement to save the king between Shinde and Holkar.
1801 Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.
1936 Nehru urges Socialism for India.
1976 India set 403 to win against the West Indies.
1983 Richard Attenborough’s ‘Gandhi’ wins 8 Oscars.
 

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