What Happened Today in History?
Find out what happened on 12th 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 on 12th April.
Famous Birthdays in History on this day:
- 1873- Kumaran Asan, famous Malyalam poet and social reformer, was born at Kayikkara, Kerala.
- 1871- Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, editor in modern era and dictionary creator, was born.
- 1912-Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
- 1917-Mulvantrai Himatlal Mankad better known as “Vinoo Mankad”, cricketer (India’s greatest all-rounder to his time), was born at Jamnagar.
Death anniversaries on 12th April:
- Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthu Raju, better known as Rajkumar, a legend of Kannada cinema, was born on 24 April 1929 to a Kannada-speaking family. He died on 12 April 2006.
- 1936- M. Basavapunniah (77), Communist leader, passed away.
Notable Events:
- 1621-Guru Tej Bahadur Singh, Sikh Guru, was born.
- 1752-Agreement to save the king between Shinde and Holkar.
- 1799-The Church Missionary Society was organized in London under the original name of the Society for Missions in Africa and the East. This Anglican mission’s agency currently works in fields located in Africa, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Iran and Palestine.
- 1801-William Carey fort was appointed the Professor of Bengali Language in fort at William College, Calcutta.
- 1801-Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.
- 1913-Gandhiji in Indian Opinion draws attention to new Immigration Bill’s failure to fulfil terms of Provisional Settlement of 1911. Kasturba decides to join Passive Resistance struggle.
- 1936-Nehru urges Socialism for India.
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