| Date | Event Name |
| 12/15/1675 |
Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him. |
| 12/15/1749 |
Shahu Chattrapati, grandson of Shivaji, died. |
| 12/15/1803 |
East India Company captured Orrisa state. |
| 12/15/1859 |
S. Kasturiranga Ayengar, owner of Hindu newspaper, was born. |
| 12/15/1894 |
Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born. |
| 12/15/1908 |
Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala. |
| 12/15/1912 |
Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born. |
| 12/15/1932 |
Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born. |
| 12/15/1943 |
The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong. |
| 12/15/1950 |
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, first deputy Prime Minister of independent India also known as the 'Iron Man' and Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
| 12/15/1951 |
Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched. |
| 12/15/1957 |
60 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi. |
| 12/15/1965 |
Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river. |
| 12/15/1965 |
Maharastra State Agriculture Industry Development Corporation established. |
| 12/15/1974 |
Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died. |
| 12/15/1976 |
Baichung Bhutia, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Gangtok, Sikkim. |
| 12/15/1976 |
Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit |
| 12/15/1980 |
Hema Chengkalath, female Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calgary, Canada. |
| 12/15/1988 |
Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections. |
| 12/15/1991 |
Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement. |
| 12/15/1992 |
BJP Governments of Sunderlal Patwa (MP), Shanta Kumar (HP) and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (Rajasthan) dismissed. |
| 12/15/1995 |
Rajya Sabha approves extension of President's rule in J & K for a further period of 6 months and also passes Government resolution approving imposition of President's rule in UP. |
| 12/15/1997 |
Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University. |
| 12/15/1997 |
Orissa Janata Dal unit splits with 29 of 43 Legislature Party members forming 'Biju Janata Dal'. |
| 12/15/1999 |
The CPI (M) urges the Centre to take over Dunlop India Ltd. |
| 12/15/1999 |
Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, arrives in Berlin to attend G-20 meet. |
