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What Happened Today In History?
Find out what happened on 12th December 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 December
Rajinikanth is an Indian film actor, media personality, and cultural icon. He made his debut as an actor in the National Film Award–winning motion picture Apoorva Raagangal (1975), directed by K. Balachander,
Yuvraj Singh pronunciation is an Indian cricketer, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh. He has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000 (ODIs) and played his first Test match in 2003.
Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar popularly known as Sharad Pawar, is the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress.
Peter Eardley Sarstedt is an Anglo-Indian singer-songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist who has recorded a number of well-known and successful albums and singles since the 1960s. Sarstedt was born in India and attended Victoria Boys’ School in Kurseong, in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal.
Death anniversaries on 12th December :
Ramanand Sagar was an Indian film director. He is most famous for making the extremely popular Ramayan television series, a 78-part TV adaptation of the ancient Hindu epic of the same name,
M. G. Soman was an actor in Malayalam film. Along with Sukumaran and Jayan he was considered to be one of the superstars of Malayalam cinema during the 1970s. Soman’s last film was Lelam in 1997. He was born in Tiruvalla,
Pramod Chakravorty) was an Indian director and film producer. Pramod Chakravorty was born on 15 August 1929 in West Bengal, India. Became a producer in the 1958 by 12 O’Clock. Most known for his films, Love in Tokyo (1966,
Bābu Genu Said was an Indian freedom fighter, a revolutionary. Babu Genu Said was a worker in one of the cotton mills in Mumbai. He was an active participant in the protests, organized by Indian freedom fighters
Cheran is a Tamil film director from Tamil Nadu, India. He has won the Indian National Film Award thrice for Vetri Kodi Kattu (2000), Autograph (2004), and Thavamai Thavamirundhu (2005), and is a five-time Filmfare Award winner as well. Cheran was born in Pazhaiyurpatty near Madurai district.Madurai (Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi )M.S., was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna,.
Albert Ronald “Ronnie” Ross was a jazz baritone saxophonist. Ross moved to England in 1946 and began playing tenor saxophone in the 1950s with Tony Kinsey, Ted Heath, and Don Rendell.
Notable Events:
1964 Maithili Sharan Gupta, famous Indian poet, Hindi litterateur, writer, social worker, patriot and Padma Bhushan awardee, died
1965 Vijayanta, first India-made millitary tank which was handed over to the Army, was manufactured at Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory at Madras
1971 All the facilities and pocket money provided to the former kings were cancelled by the Indian Parliament