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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
1/18/1971Barrister Nath Pai, freedom fighter and member of parliament, passed away at the age of 49.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
9/20/1998India lost the fifth and final match of the Sahara Cup by five wickets. Pakistan won the series 4-1 at Toronto.
7/12/1864Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born.
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
11/11/2000Mohun Bagan wins the Durand Cup in New Delhi.
12/14/1968Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died.
1/22/1989Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.
6/19/1947Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay.
7/5/1992Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74.