| Date | Event Name |
| 12/05/1657 |
Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India. |
| 12/05/1872 |
Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar. |
| 12/05/1898 |
Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born. |
| 12/05/1905 |
Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was born in Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir. |
| 12/05/1931 |
Gandhiji leaves England for India. |
| 12/05/1931 |
Jayant G. Nadkarni, former Admiral of Indian Navy, was born. |
| 12/05/1933 |
Balendu Shantilal Jain, famous hindi writer, was born at Kunchord, M.P. |
| 12/05/1935 |
Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born. |
| 12/05/1943 |
The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port. |
| 12/05/1946 |
Dada Maharaj Satarkar passed away. |
| 12/05/1950 |
Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India. |
| 12/05/1950 |
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away. |
| 12/05/1951 |
Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away. |
| 12/05/1959 |
K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away. |
| 12/05/1990 |
With the induction of 60 ministers, the Bihar Cabinet becomes the largest ever cabinet in India with a total of 71 ministers. |
| 12/05/1991 |
56 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP. |
| 12/05/1991 |
Sarkaria report accepted. |
| 12/05/1991 |
The government reduces visa fees for tourists intending to visit India. |
| 12/05/1992 |
Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years. |
| 12/05/1992 |
V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya. |
| 12/05/1998 |
Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications. |
| 12/05/1999 |
India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World. |
| 12/05/1999 |
The Union Home Ministry ask Intelligence Bureau (IB) to conduct an inquiry against IB officials in ISRO spy case. |
| 12/05/2000 |
Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'. |
