See also: 1970 in India, other events of 1971, 1972 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

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Contents 1 Events 2 Sport 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Events

• 25 January - Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state and East Punjab is reduced to its current form as Doaba.
• 19 April - The provisional government of Bangladesh exiled flees to West Bengal.
• 25 August - The former East Pakistan and eastern Bengal are flooded; thousands flee the area.
• 29 September - A cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, in Orissa State in India, kills 10,000.
• 3 December-17 December: India and Pakistan fight their second major war, over East Pakistan, which ends after 90,000 Pakistani troops surrender. The new nation of Bangladesh is created out of East Pakistan.
• 3 December - The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 begins as Pakistan attacks 9 Indian airbases. The next day India launches a massive invasion of East Pakistan.
• 3 December-4 December night: The Indian navy destroyer INS Rajput sinks Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi (former USS Diablo).
• 16 December - Victory Day of Bangladesh: The Pakistan Army surrenders to the Joint Force i.e. Mukti Bahini (Freedom Force) and the Occupying forces, officially ending the Pakistani Civil War and aspirants of the Bangladeshis .

[edit] Sport

• Leslie Claudius (field hockey player) is awarded the Padma Shri.

[edit] Births

• 12 January - Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, politician.
• 1 May - Ajith Kumar, actor and motor racing driver.
• 17 July - Soundarya, actress (d.2004).
• 5 August - Jude Menezes, field hockey player.
• 8 August - Ramandeep Singh, field hockey player.
• 2 September - Pawan Kalyan, actor and film director.
• 18 December - Barkha Dutt, television journalist.
• 25 December - Santhosh George Kulangara, businessman.

[edit] Deaths

• Debaki Bose, film director, writer and actor (b.1898).
• Keshavrao Date, actor (b.1889).