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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
4/23/1930Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers.
5/13/1962Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President.
12/24/1988Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died.
2/18/1911World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911.
4/14/1990L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
1/1/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).
11/1/1978Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was converted from College of Agriculture to University.
5/17/1949India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.
3/29/1942Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now.
4/30/1992Over 7 years after the gas disaster, a Bhopal court orders attachment of Carbide properties in India.