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Historical Event on 12/11/1971
The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/9/2000 | A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases. |
10/9/2000 | Amarsingh, Rajput king of Mewar, was born. |
12/27/1975 | 372 miners die in a huge blast in Bihar state. |
9/28/1985 | The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87). |
10/22/1962 | Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. |
4/10/1997 | Announcement of UP's 70th new district to be re-named after Jyotiba Phule. |
5/10/1996 | Congress Chief Ministers of Assam, Haryana & Pondicherry resign. |
8/5/1992 | The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there. |
5/27/1919 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, father of modern Telgu language, author and social reformer, passed away. |
11/14/1996 | Competition Post Card', a new category of postcard, priced Rs. 2 introduced. |
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