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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
12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
5/13/1923Moinul Haque Choudhury, social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam).
7/11/1994Delhi IG (prisons) Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award for public service.
2/10/1944Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma.
2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.
10/1/1919Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar, famous Marathi poet and screenplay writer, was born.
3/8/1673Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered the fort of Panhala.
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
11/1/2000Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration.
6/27/1997Surendra Pratap Singh, famous Journalist and former chief editor of Nav Bharat Times Group, died ]at Delhi.