Historical Events February 12.

1502: Vasco-da-Gama embarked on his second voyage to India from Lisbon, Portugal.

1922: Gandhi persuaded the Congress Executive Committee to end the non-cooperation movement.

1928: Gandhi signaled a satyagraha in Bardoli.

1975,: India declared itself smallpox free.

1976: Hadekki (Kerala) project inaugurated by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

1993: M. N. Venkatachalaya became the 25th Chief Justice of India.

2016: Student leader Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested on “anti-nationalism” charges by Indian police at an anniversary event of the death of Afzal Guru, at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University.

 

Famous birthdays  12th February

1742: Nana Phadnavis, an influential minister and statesman of the Maratha Empire.

1804: Emil Lenz, a Russian physicist.

1809: Charles Darwin, an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.

1809: Abraham Lincoln, an American statesman, and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States.

1824: Dayananda Saraswati, an Indian philosopher, social leader, and founder of the Arya Samaj.

1871: Charles Freer Andrews, a priest of the Church of England.

1877: Louis Renault, a French industrialist, one of the founders of Renault.

1920: Pran Krishan Sikand, better known as Pran, an Indian actor.

1949: Gundappa Viswanath, an Indian former cricketer.

1962: Jagapathi Babu, an Indian film actor.

 

Death anniversaries of famous  February 12.

1710: Jahandar Shah, a Mughal Emperor.

1794: Mahadaji Shinde, a Maratha Statesman, and ruler of Ujjain in Central India.

1808: Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers.

2001: Bhakti Barve, an Indian film, theatre, and television actress.