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Events for January 12

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.