Historical Highlights of this day / आज के दिन की इतिहासिक विशिष्टतायें

April 12, 1888:   ALFRED NOBEL - A French newspaper inadvertently published an obituary for him calling him "a merchant of death".

April 12 1948:   HIRAKUD DAM - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru laid the first batch of concrete.

April 12, 2007 -  Agni-III Missile - Tested successfully after last failure.

April 12, 1801 - MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH - He was crowned Maharaja of Punjab.

April 12, 1961:   YURI ALEXEIVICH GAGARIN - Yuri's Night is named for the first human to launch into space; it is named after him, who flew the Vostok 1 spaceship on this day. Yuri's Night is often called the "World Space Day".