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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
10/27/1989The XIV-World Congress of Neurology was held in New Delhi under the auspices of the World Federation of Neurology and Neurology Society of India. (21-10-89).
6/22/1995India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.
6/20/1992CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma.
10/20/1969Punjabrao Agriculture University established.
10/24/1991Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years.
7/25/1938Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
1/19/1997Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National Football championship in Jabalpur.
5/5/1942Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi.
2/11/1979Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away.
7/22/19961996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.