This Day in History on 12th March
The historical events hold a lot of value for aspirants who are sitting for UPSC competitive exams including the IAS Exam.
On this page, we will list all historical events that occurred on 12th March. The students can refer to them while preparing for all competitive exams and banking exams.
Important Days
National Day of Mauritius
Important Events
1894: Coca-Cola bottle sales began.
1918: The Russian capital moved from St. Petersburg to Moscow.
1930: Mahatma Gandhi embarked on a 200-mile Dandi March for the Salt Satyagraha.
1968: Mauritius became independent from England.
1993: A series of 12 bomb blasts in Mumbai killed more than 300 people and injured thousands.
1999: The Government of India decided that Mahatma Gandhi would be depicted on government currency notes.
1999: The Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland joined NATO.
2003: The World Health Organization officially release a global warning of outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
Birthday / Anniversary
1824: Gustav Kirchhoff, a German physicist.
1833: Baburao Shedmake, an Indian pro-independence rebel and a Gond chieftain from Central India.
1911: Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, the first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman, and Diu.
1913: Yashwantrao Chavan, an Indian politician. He served as the last Chief Minister of Bombay State and the first of Maharashtra.
1917: Googie Withers, Indian-Australian actress (d. 2011)
1954: Anish Kapoor, Indian-English sculptor
1964: Falguni Pathak, an Indian singer.
1984: Shreya Ghoshal, an Indian playback singer.
Death / Death Anniversary
1942: Robert Bosch, a German industrialist, engineer, and inventor.
1960: Kshitimohan Sen, an Indian scholar
1980 – VasantAchrekar, Tabla Player
1999: Yehudi Menuhin, an American violinist.
2001: Robert Ludlum, an American author.
2013: Ganesh Pyne, an Indian painter, and draughtsman.