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Historical Event on 8/5/1965
Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/24/1992 | It was decided that Lok Sabha session would start with the national song ""Vande Mataram"" and end with National Anthem ""Jana Gana |
1/6/1999 | Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28. |
1/29/1976 | Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi. |
10/3/1978 | Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay claimed the credit of India's first and the birth of world's second test-tube baby Durga Agrawal, who was born in Belle Vue Nursing Home in Calcutta. |
5/12/1930 | R. H. Tahiliyani, former Navy Chief of India Admiral, was born. |
11/8/1997 | India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi. |
7/22/1993 | Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India. |
2/21/1991 | Opposition boycotts the President's address as a protest against the dismissal of Tamil Nadu government. |
3/12/1988 | After 58 years in the commemoration of Dandi March, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi performed the 32 kms Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram. |
12/31/1999 | This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management. |
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