12 April - Day in History of India and Importance

1801 - Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself as Maharajah of Punjab.


2014 - Lok Sabha Election - 4 phase voting

12 April Birthdays Great Indians

1917 - Vinoo Mankad

12 April 1917

Mulvantrai Himmatlal Mankad or Vinoo Mankad was one of the great all-rounders of Indian cricket. As a batsman,  in 44 Tests, he averaged 31.47 with the bat. He  scored 5 centuries and 6 fifties during the course of his Test career. As a slow left-arm orthodox bowler, Mankad twice took 8-wickets in an innings. He tok 162 wickets.

http://www.cricbuzz.com/profiles/5530/vinoo-mankad#profile

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/D4UYv2ZbIifMqr09v4rZuL/Remembering-Vinoo-Mankad-the-greatest-allrounder.html

Smt. Sumitra Mahajan,

Speaker, 16 Lok Sabha

Date of Birth 12 Apr 1943
Birth Place Chiplun, Distt. Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)

Educational Qualifications

Bachelor of Law(LL.B), M.A.(Psychology)
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Position Held

1982-85 Corporator, Municipal Corporation, Indore (M.P.)

1984-85 Deputy Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Indore

1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha (the House of People) for the first time

1990-91 Member, Parliamentary Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

President, Mahila Morcha (Women Wing), Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Madhya Pradesh

1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1991-92 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee for 73rd Constitution Amendment Bill

1991-93 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee for Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Bill, 1991

1991-96 Member, Parliamentary Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications, Government of India

1992-94 Vice-President, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh

1995-96 Secretary, B.J.P., Parliamentary Board

Chairman, Parliamentary Board, Madhya Pradesh

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1996 Secretary, B.J.P.

1997 Member, Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)

1998 General-Secretary, B.J.P.

1998-99 Convenor, Sub-Committee on Drug Control, Parliamentary Committee on Human Resource Development

Member, Parliamentary Committee on Human Resource Development and its Sub-Committee on Value-based Education

Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women

Member, Parliamentary Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)

Member, Parliamentary Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)

October 1999- June 2002 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development

July 2002 - May 2003 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Communication & Information Technology

24 May 2003- May 2004 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)

2004-2009 Member, General Purposes Committee of Parliament

Chairperson, Parliamentary Commmittee on Social Justice and Empowerment

Member, Panel of Chairpersons (Lok Sabha)

2005 Prabhari (In charge) Mahila Morcha, B.J.P.

Member, Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Civil Aviation

5 Aug. 2007 - May 2009 Chairperson, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term)

June 2009 Member, Panel of Chairpersons (Lok Sabha)

31 August 2009 -18 May 2014 Chairperson, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development

23 September 2009- 18 May 2014 Member, Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women

18 May 2014- Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (8th term)

6 June 2014 - Unanimously elected as Speaker, Lok Sabha (House of People).

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Updated 9 April 2017, 27 March 2015