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Historical Event on 12/3/1971

India recognises Bangladesh. Indian army marches into Bangladesh and joins hands with Mukti Bahini. Pakistani Army in Bangladesh surrenders to the Indian Commander.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1989National Front decides to form a government with outside support from the BJP and the Left Parties.
7/16/1969Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973.
4/15/1946The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
1/5/1893Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions.
4/28/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
5/28/1965Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
1/5/1659Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.
4/2/1902Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born.
6/4/1994Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'.
2/7/1993Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time.