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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
12/3/1971Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee).
7/8/1914Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born.
4/3/1956Nehru announces that troops have been sent to control Naga tribal people in the Burmese border area, who are asking for a separate state.
4/3/1956Radiya Sultan, first lady ruler of Delhi throne, passed away in a battle.
12/17/1987Bhopal court orders the Union Carbide to pay Rs. 350 crore as interim relief to 1984 gas victims.
12/17/1987Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was born.
2/8/1943Subhashchandra Bose started his journey to Japan from Kiel along with his secretary Major Abid Hassan in a submarine.
2/9/1992Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded.
2/9/1992Saint Visoba Khechar, was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev of Maharashtra, took Samadhi.
8/20/1997Arun Gawli, Mumbai underworld don, arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a builder.