Deaths on April 12

Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya

Died on April 12, 1906

Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)

Mahamahopadhyay Pandit Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, CIE (22 February 1836 – 12 April 1906), was an Indian scholar of Sanskrit, and the principal of the Sanskrit College between 1876 and 1895. A friend and colleague of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, he played an important role in the Bengal Renaissance. He was one of the most eminent Bengalis in Kolkata of the nineteenth century.

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8 Apr

Alzheimer's disease
Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
7 Jun

RMS Lusitania
Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
18 Sep

Tsunami
A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
20 Sep

RMS Mauretania (1906)
Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
9 Nov

Panama Canal
Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.

Deaths on April 12

Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya

Died on April 12, 1906

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