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Historical Event on 12/3/1971

During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1818Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends.
8/10/1994President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept.
2/20/1846Duleep Singh was recognised as the ruler. British captured Lahore.
8/22/1993Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56.
4/12/1913Gandhiji in Indian Opinion draws attention to new Immigration Bill's failure to fulfil terms of Provisional Settlement of 1911. Kasturba decides to join Passive Resistance struggle.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).
3/23/1992G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.
11/6/1998Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah.
2/4/1976Lok Sabha's life extended by one year.
5/21/1975The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation.