Puri had myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare kind of blood cancer, and had had brain surgery for it after being hospitalised to the Hinduja hospital on December 27, 2004. His illness necessitated repeated drainage of blood deposited in the cerebral part of the brain, and he eventually lapsed into a coma soon before his death on January 12, 2005, about 7:30 a.m. His body was transported to his home for visitors to pay their respects, and his funeral was held on January 13, 2005, in the Shivaji Park cremation.

Zain Javadd Malik, better known by his stage name Zayn, is a British musician who was born on January 12, 1993. Malik, who was born and raised in Bradford, auditioned for the British music competition The X Factor as a single entrant in 2010. Malik was welcomed back into the competition after being ousted as a solo artist, along with four other competitors, to create the boy band One Direction, which went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. In March 2015, Malik departed the group and obtained a solo recording contract with RCA Records.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra  born 12 January 1972 is an Indian politician who now serves as the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee for Uttar Pradesh. She is a member of the politically powerful Nehru-Gandhi family, as the daughter of Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi, the sister of Rahul Gandhi, and the granddaughter of Feroze and Indira Gandhi. She is also a member of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation's board of trustees.

William Redington Hewlett, the electrical engineer who raised $538 in 1938 with David Packard to start a little electronics firm in a Palo Alto, Calif, garage that eventually led to the formation of Silicon Valley, died on January 12th at his home in Portola Valley, Calif. He was 87 years old. After Mr. Hewlett returned to the San Francisco area from a career at General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y., the two men created Hewlett-Packard while conducting graduate study at Stanford University.

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, was born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton on January 9, 1982, and is a British royal. Catherine is a likely future queen consort because her husband, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is second in line to the British throne.

Shastriji died on January 11, 1966, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (then the Soviet Union), one day after signing a peace accord ending the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War. Many of Shastri's fans and close relatives refused to believe the circumstances of his death at the time, and have refused to believe them afterwards. Within hours of his death, conspiracy theories arose, and they have remained ever then. He was hailed as a national hero, and the Vijay Ghat memorial was named for him. Following Shastri's death, Gulzarilal Nanda was re-elected as Acting Prime Minister until Indira Gandhi was voted over Morarji Desai by the Congress Parliamentary Party to officially succeed him.

On January 9, 2007, Jobs introduced the world to a new sort of phone, one that would do to cellphones what the Macintosh had done to personal computers in 1984 – revolutionise how we used them while making them significantly easier to use. Of fact, the iPhone, like the Macintosh in 1984, was not a flawless technology. It was not without defects. But, like the Macintosh in 1984, the iPhone triumphed above its flaws due to its intrinsic merits.

Jeff Bezos was born in New Mexico on January 12, 1964. His mother was just a teenager when he was born, and her marriage to his father lasted only a year. When Jeff was five years old, she married Miguel Bezos. When Jeff was fifteen, his family moved to the United States. Jeff Bezos was a brilliant student with a keen interest in science. Jeff Bezos is an American entrepreneur who has been instrumental in the growth of e-commerce. He founded Amazon.com, the world's largest online store. Bezos, who is only 49 years old, is a billionaire with a net worth of $23.2 billion.

Agatha Christie, the English crime author, went missing from her house in Berkshire on Friday, December 3, 1926. It was the ideal tabloid tale, complete with all the components of one of Christie's classic 'whodunit' mysteries. Agatha Christie died of natural causes on January 12, 1976, at the age of 85, at her house, Winterbrook House, in the north of Cholsey parish, adjacent to Wallingford in Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire). She was laid to rest at Cholsey's St Mary's Churchyard.

Swara Bhasker (born April 9, 1988) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi films. She is best known for her supporting roles in mainstream productions and starring roles in independent films, for which she has won two Screen Awards and been nominated for three Filmfare Awards. Bhasker made her film debut in the 2009 drama Madholal Keep Walking, which was a commercial flop. She gained wider acclaim for her supporting role in the commercially successful 2011 romantic comedy Tanu Weds Manu. Her performance in the film was praised by critics, and she was nominated for a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Hillary fell on April 22, 2007, while on a vacation to Kathmandu, and was hospitalised after returning to New Zealand. He died of heart failure on January 11, 2008, at Auckland City Hospital. Flags were flown at half-mast on New Zealand public buildings and at Scott Base in Antarctica, and Prime Minister Helen Clark described Hillary's death as a "heartbreaking loss to New Zealand." Sir Edmund Hillary, the mountain-climbing New Zealand beekeeper who became a mid-century hero as the first person to reach Mt. Everest's peak, died at the age of 88.

Anita Ekberg, 83, died on January 11, 2015, in the facility San Raffaele in Rocca di Papa, Roman Castles, after consequences from chronic diseases. After being pushed down by one of her pet Great Danes, which shattered her hip, the actress had been in a wheelchair for several years. Ekberg's funeral was conducted on January 14, 2015, in the Lutheran-Evangelical Christuskirche in Rome, after which her body was cremated and her ashes were buried in the graveyard at Skanör Church in Sweden.

Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues, an American former basketball player, was born on January 9, 1965. Bogues, who was the shortest player in NBA history at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), played point guard for four different clubs during the course of his 14-year career. Bogues played for the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Toronto Raptors in addition to the Charlotte Hornets for ten seasons. He was the head coach of the now-defunct Charlotte Sting of the WNBA after his NBA career.

On March 11, 1795, the Maratha Empire and the Nizam of Hyderabad fought the Battle of Kharda. The Marathas triumphed by a landslide. The fight would have far-reaching consequences since the British would take Maratha domination seriously. The Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad had joined forces, if briefly, in their struggle against Tipu Sultan of Mysore. In January 1795, the Nizam's army marched forward from Bidar. The combat took place near the Fort of Kharda. The Nizam was defeated and forced to flee to the Kharda Fort. The Marathas besieged the fort, and the Nizam surrendered after a 17-day siege.

Surya Sen's fellow revolutionaries were quickly apprehended and condemned to long jail terms. Sen was cruelly tortured by the ruthless British just moments before his execution on January 12, 1934. According to accounts, his bones, limbs, and joints were crushed with a hammer, and all of his nails were ripped out. Sen's spirit remained unbroken despite the torment. Surya Sen, a former schoolteacher from Naopoara in Chittagong and affectionately known as 'Master Da,' was a leader among these revolutionaries.