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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
4/28/1992Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
6/29/1857Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British).
6/3/1916Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakarsey Women's University was established.
7/25/1982Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President.
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.
5/1/1996P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case.
5/13/1998India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan.
2/14/1994The controversial Supreme Court Judge V.Ramaswami, who survived an impeachment motion in Parliament, retires.
6/16/1990Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986.