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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
12/12/1992Government asks CBI to probe the demolition of the masjid in Ayodhya.
7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.
1/22/1973Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.
9/7/1999India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.
1/12/1708Shahu was crowned as the Maratha ruler. Shahu, son of Sambhaji, entered Satara and released Aurangzeb's son Azam the previous year.
7/30/1991Sabi Fernandes, senior photographer of Indian Express Newspaper Group, died.
1/17/1992Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away.
7/7/1937Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta.
1/18/1983Indi Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.
9/25/1916Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay, great litterateur, philosopher, social worker and first General Secretary of UP branch, was born at Dhankia village, Rajasthan.