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Historical Event on 12/3/1971

Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1975Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda.
11/19/1991Kashinath Anant (Rambhau Joshi), famous editor, passed away.
2/6/1937Baldev Singh, Chahal campaigner, was born.
2/6/1937Nasiru'd-din Muhammad Shah I passed away. His son-in-law Ghiyasu'd-din Balban succeeded Nasiru'd-din Mahmud in Delhi.
2/6/1937Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11.
4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
11/24/1963Marotrao Kannamwar, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, passed away.
9/19/2000Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
6/3/1916Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakarsey Women's University was established.
8/23/1933Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience.