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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 |
| 3/25/1898 | Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple. |
| 1/27/1972 | V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away. |
| 3/2/1963 | China reports troops have left disputed area in India. |
| 3/15/1901 | Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games. |
| 12/1/1951 | Abanindra Nath Tagore, famous Indian painter and sculptor, died in Calcutta. |
| 5/1/1994 | Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'. |
| 12/14/1953 | Vijay Amritraj, great Indian tennis player and actor (Octopussy), was born. |
| 9/10/1977 | The Planning Commission decides to introduce the Rolling Plan concept. |
| 9/30/1963 | The USSR openly louded Indian view on Kashmir issue. This was against Pakistan's motives. |
| 11/7/1998 | The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma. |
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