A 21-year-old girl from Palghar, Maharashtra posted a message criticizing the shutdown following Thackeray’s death on social Facebook and was arrested by the police for ‘hurting sentiments’. Her friend, who had 'liked' her comment on the social networking site, was also booked.

Social activist Arvind Kejriwal formally launched his political party 'Aam Aadmi Party' on November 26. He chose November 26 for the launch as it was on this day in 1949 when the country's Constitution was adopted.

The most talked about baby in the country, Aaradhya Bachchan, turned one on November 16. Her doting parents, Abhishek and Aishwarya Bachchan, made her day special with an intimate party.

South Korean rap sensation Psy's 'Gangnum Style' became the most-viewed video of all time on YouTube on November 26, 2012.

SRK’s ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ and Ajay Devgn’s ‘Son of Sardaar’, the Diwali releases of this year, clashed at the box office. Both went on to cross the Rs 100 crore mark in terms of collections.

On November 9, activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal alleged that brothers, Mukesh and Anil Ambani, and Congress MP Annu Tandon, among others, have crores of black money deposited in banks in Switzerland.

Controversial athlete Pinki Pramanik's medical report on November 12 suggested that Pramanik was indeed a man. The star athlete was arrested and jailed after Pinki's former live-in partner accused that she had been raped by him.

Barack Obama, the first African American president, returned for a second term as US president on November 7.

Australia 's highest test run-scorer and former skipper, Ricky Ponting, announced his retirement from test cricket on November 29.

Ajmal Amir Kasab, the Pakistani terrorist who was one of the gunmen in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, was hanged at Pune's Yerawada Jail on November 21.