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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
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
2/19/1986Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.
3/17/1910Smt. Anutai Wagh, great social worker, passed away.
9/28/1929Lata Mangeshkar, great playback singer, was born.
9/27/1989The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful.
9/18/1990Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died.
11/21/1998India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo.
12/3/1971Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared.
5/31/1968F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71).
11/30/1990Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff.