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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.
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| 10/12/1911 | Vijay Madhavji Merchant Thackersey, cricketer (all-time great Indian batsman), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/13/1990 | Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died. |
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| 6/1/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in. |
| 4/1/1882 | Savings Bank Postal system was introduced. |
| 11/11/1924 | SunderLal Munnalal Patwa was born in Kukdeshwar, Distt. Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh). |
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