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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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4/22/1942Galagnath (Vyanktesh Tirko Kulkarni), famous Kannad novelist, passed away.
10/25/1951First General Election of India begins.
6/1/1842Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali officer and litterateur, was born.
12/10/1936Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI.
12/10/1936Shrichakradhar Swami, founder of 'Mahanubhav Panth', passed away.
7/5/2000Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.
11/21/1921Prince of Wales visited India and Congress observed all India strike.
9/14/1991Assam declared 'disturbed area', army launches 'Operation Rhino' against ULFA militants.