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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
11/17/1925Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born.
2/1/1922Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience.
3/23/1994Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev.
12/4/1999A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord.
1/1/1664Shivaji assumes royal title.
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
9/1/1999The Congress(I) President, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, launches a broadside against the Vajpayee Government on handling of Kargil issue.
5/11/1970A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed.
12/11/1990T. N. Seshan appointed CEC, and Mohan Dharia Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.