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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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| 10/12/1997 | Queen Elizebeth II, accompanied by husband Duke of Edinburgh Philips, arrived in New Delhi on a week-long state visit to mark India's 50th anniversary of Independence. |
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| 12/11/1998 | Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today. |
| 9/30/1900 | Mohommad Ali Chhagla, former central minister, was born. |
| 2/1/1956 | Judge Sudhi Ranjan Das became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 30/09/1959. |
| 10/14/1989 | Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party. |
| 5/28/1895 | Bagal Bhai Madhavrao Khanderao, freedom fighter, author and painter, was born. |
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