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Historical Event on 8/5/1975

The RSS, Anand Marg, Jamat-i-Islami, and 23 other organisations were banned. Parliament approved Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA). Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) approved by the Parliament.

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8/28/1997Jain Commission, chaired by Justice M.C. Jain, submits interim report on Rajiv Gandhi assassination.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
4/12/1942Nehru pledges 'no surrender' to the Axis despite the rejection of Britain's plans at New Delhi.
2/15/1869Mirza ""Galib"" Asad Ullah Beg Khan, famous Urdu poet and writer, passed away.
3/10/1998A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies.
12/28/1996India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in the first innings of the game.
7/1/1906Pulavar Kulandai, great author and poet, was born at Bhavani.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
5/8/1815Malaun of Nepal was captured by General David Ochterlony.
5/25/1979Commercial Unity Day started.