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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.

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10/23/1997Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender.
6/29/1991A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal.
3/12/1992The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker.
5/1/1947Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.
12/6/1897Lekhraj Kishanchand Mirchandani (Aziz), famous Sindhi poet, essay writer and critic, was born.
10/3/1907Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born.
4/6/1985Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final.
10/24/1934Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics.
4/28/1993Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen.