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Historical Event on 12/12/1971
The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron.
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| 1/2/1948 | Nehru threatens Indian action to stop Pakistani raids into Kashmir. |
| 9/24/1815 | John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70. |
| 11/16/1883 | Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi. |
| 3/18/1990 | Devi Lal, Deputy PM, withdraws his resignation. |
| 10/18/1993 | Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died. |
| 3/11/1997 | Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles. |
| 10/15/1676 | King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay. |
| 12/1/1955 | Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism. |
| 8/1/1996 | Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission. |
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