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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 |
| 8/30/1991 | Dr. P. J. Devras, friend of snakes, passed away. |
| 8/30/1991 | Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him. |
| 7/26/1874 | Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born. |
| 6/28/1993 | A multi-millionaire industrialist, main financier of smuggler Veerappan,and 6 Veerappan-men arrested. |
| 6/12/1975 | Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi. |
| 10/4/1907 | Riots in Calcutta. |
| 9/30/1963 | The USSR openly louded Indian view on Kashmir issue. This was against Pakistan's motives. |
| 1/26/1919 | Mohammad Cazzambhoy Ibrahim Khan, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests India vs West Indies 1948-49), was born in Bombay. |
| 4/8/1993 | Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal leader, elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front legislature party in Tripura. |
| 5/20/1992 | Jayalalitha sacks R. M. Veerappan from her cabinet in Tamil Nadu. |
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