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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 |
| 10/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics. |
| 3/26/1999 | Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad. |
| 1/28/1853 | Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba. |
| 11/5/1996 | United Front suffers a setback with one of its constituents, the Madhya Pradesh Vikas party, deciding to walk out and merge with Congress (I). |
| 2/26/1946 | Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born. |
| 5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
| 2/18/1665 | The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England. |
| 2/25/1909 | Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months. |
| 6/26/1991 | Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister. |
| 8/29/1998 | Prasar Bharti ordinance promulgated. |
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