What was the world like in 2012?
The biggest Hindi film of the year was Ek Tha Tiger, and everyone was singing Mashallah.
What things cost in 2012.
Gold: yearly average, 24K, approx. Petrol: Delhi pump price around mid-year, approx. Sensex: BSE year-end close. Today's figures as of late Oct 2026. For curiosity, not advice.
The world's number ones.
Every song that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2012.
Sexy And I Know It · LMFAO
We Found Love · Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
Set Fire To The Rain · Adele
Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) · Kelly Clarkson
Part Of Me · Katy Perry
We Are Young · fun. Featuring Janelle Monae
Somebody That I Used To Know · Gotye Featuring Kimbra
Call Me Maybe · Carly Rae Jepsen
Whistle · Flo Rida
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together · Taylor Swift
One More Night · Maroon 5
Diamonds · Rihanna
Locked Out Of Heaven · Bruno Mars
If you were born in 2012, none of this existed.
Mangalyaan launches for Mars
UPI is launched
Jio launches and data gets cheap
Neeraj Chopra wins Olympic gold in javelin
ChatGPT is released
Naatu Naatu wins the Oscar for Best Original Song
Chandrayaan-3 lands near the Moon's south pole
India wins the T20 World Cup in Barbados
The year is the trailer. Your day is the film.
The Moon and your nakshatra, the weather in your city, the front page and who shares your birthday.
Take me back to my day