Year 1459
Sun City India was founded by Rao in Jodhpur.
MAY 12
Daily Historical Chronicle
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12 May: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 12 May.
Year 1638
Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the construction of the Red Fort on this day when he decided to shift his capital to Delhi.
Year 1666
Under the treaty of Purandar, Shivaji Maharaj reached Agra to meet Aurangzeb.
Year 1666
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested.
Year 1797
Napoleon I conquered Venice.
Year 1890
Inauguration of the first official cricket county championship match in Bristol.
Year 1906
Gandhiji support the "Home Rule" for India in the name of ''justice and for good of human"
Year 1915
Rash Behari Bose, the revolutionary leader, left India by boarding a Japanese steamer ''Sanuki Maru'' under the assumed name of P. N. Tagore to dodge the British forces.
Year 1937
George VI is crowned.
Year 1941
Konrad Zuse in Berlin introduced the world’s first fully automated Z3 computer.
Year 1949
S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, the first woman foreign ambassador, was received in the US.
Year 1952
The first session of the Parliament of the Republic of India began.
Year 1952
Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
Year 1955
The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum.
Year 1966
Sardar Sikandar Hayat, President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, resigns
Year 1987
India brought the HMS Hermes warship from the British Royal Navy and launched it as INS Virat.
Year 1992
Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest.
Year 1992
Security scandal, RBI extends probe to four foreign banks.
Year 1995
Supreme court stays Tamil Nadu Governor's orders allowing Dr. Subramaniam Swamy to prosecute Chief Minister Dr. Jayalalitha under Prevention of Corruption Act.
Year 1998
Central Government decided to increase the retirement age of Central Government employees from 58 years to 60 years.
Year 1998
Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT.
Year 1999
Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit.
Year 2008
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake shook China, killing at least 69,000 people.
Year 2010
S. H. Kapadia became the 38th Chief Justice of India.
Born 1820
Florence Nightingale, an English social reformer, statistician, and the founder of modern nursing.
Born 1892
Ramanlal Desai, an Indian Gujarati language writer.
Born 1895
Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (d. 1986)
Born 1923
Meera Mukherjee, the great artist, was born.
Born 1924
Sheik Chinna Moulana, a legendary nadhaswaram player in the Carnatic tradition.
Born 1926
Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal (d. 2013)
Born 1930
R. H. Tahiliyani, former Navy Chief of India Admiral, was born.
Born 1945
K. G. Balakrishnan, the former Chief Justice of India.
Born 1989
Shikha Pandey, an Indian cricketer, and officer in the Indian Air Force.
Died 1970
Nelly Sachs, a German-Swedish poet, and playwright.
Died 1984
Dr Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras.
Died 1993
Samsher Bahadur Singh, a modern Hindi poet, passed away.
Died 2010
Tara Vanarase, an Indian writer.
Died 2014
Sarat Pujari, an Indian film actor, director, and producer in the Odia film industry.