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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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| 7/18/1987 | Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership. |
| 4/2/1992 | Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away. |
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