Historical Events on January 12.

1. National Youth Day (India)

2. 1705, 12th Jan: Satara became the capital of the Maratha Empire.

3. 1915, 12th Jan: US Parliament rejected women’s suffrage proposal.

4. 1948, 12th Jan: Mahatma Gandhi gave his last speech and decided to go on a hunger strike against communal violence. He was deeply saddened by the partition of India in 1947.

5. 1991, 12th Jan: US Parliament approved military action against Iraq.

6. 2004, 12th Jan: The world’s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, made its maiden voyage.

7. 2005, 12th Jan: Establishment of National Knowledge Commission.

8. 2019, 12th Jan: The Economic Weaker Section Reservation Bill Article 15(6) and Article 16(6) which ensures 10% reservations to the poor and lower-middle-class people in upper castes who were denied any kind of affirmative action previously, was cleared by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on January 12.

1. 1598: Jijabai Shahaji Bhosale, the mother of Shivaji Maharaj, founder of the Maratha Empire.

2. 1863: Swami Vivekananda, an Indian Hindu monk.

3. 1869: Bhagwan Das, an Indian Theosophist, and public figure.

4. 1889: Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, the second caliph, leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

5. 1893: Hermann Göring, a German political and military leader.

6. 1918: C. Ramachandra, a renowned music composer in the movie industry of India. 

7. 1921: Basant Kumar Birla, an Indian businessman.

8. 1931: Ahmed Faraz, a Pakistani Urdu poet.

9. 1964: Jeff Bezos, an American internet entrepreneur, industrialist, media proprietor, and investor.

10. 1972: Priyanka Gandhi, an Indian politician and the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee.

11. 1976: Mahesh Kale, an Indian Classical vocalist.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on January 12.

1. 1934: Surya Sen, an Indian revolutionary.

2. 1966: Narhar Vishnu Gadgil, an Indian freedom fighter and politician from Maharashtra, India.

3. 1976: Agatha Christie, an English writer.

4. 1992: Kumar Gandharva, an Indian classical singer.

5. 2005: Amrish Puri, an Indian actor, who was an important figure in Indian theatre and cinema.

12-January-1399

Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born.

12-January-1708

Shahu was crowned as the Maratha ruler. Shahu, son of Sambhaji, entered Satara and released Aurangzeb's son Azam the previous year.

12-January-1757

Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.

12-January-1863

Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta.

12-January-1869

Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi.

12-January-1895

Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, was born at Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.

12-January-1901

Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.

12-January-1906

Pandit Mahadeo Shastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born.

12-January-1918

C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born.

12-January-1924

Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.

12-January-1934

Surya Sen (Master Da), revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army, who attacked the armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army, was hanged at Chittgong Jail by the Britishers.

12-January-1946

De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above.

12-January-1948

Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.

12-January-1949

Tej Bahadur Saproo, liberal leader, passed away. He was a strong believer in constitution and not in revolutions.

12-January-1953

Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay.

12-January-1955

Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and veteran journalist, passed away.

12-January-1966

Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away.

12-January-1990

Upper age limit for Civil Services Examination raised from 26 to 28 years.

12-January-1990

Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles.

12-January-1992

India and Russia sign a new political treaty.

12-January-1992

Punjab election set for February 19.

12-January-1992

Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous Classical singer, passed away at the age of 67.

12-January-1993

Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested.

12-January-1993

Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.

12-January-1994

S. S. Nadkarni, Chairman of National Stock Exchange, appointed SEBI Chairman.

12-January-1995

Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000.

12-January-1996

Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill.

12-January-1997

Paes-Bhupathi win doubles title in the Singapore Open Challenger hardcourt tennis.

12-January-2000

Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.

12-January-2000

T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired.

12-January-2000

The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years.