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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 |
| 2/23/1946 | Some 300,000 Indians joined in anti-British demonstrations today in the wake of yesterday's violent riots in the city of Bombay. Indian Navy rebels. A day of terror and rebellion saw Indian Navy members turn against their British officers firing machine guns. |
| 12/30/1971 | Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, famous nuclear scientist, died. |
| 2/10/1979 | Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 5/29/1965 | Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time. |
| 1/1/1989 | The 4th annual SAARC summit concludes in Islamabad. |
| 4/26/1952 | India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries. |
| 6/22/1994 | L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died. |
| 12/29/1938 | Mahavir Prasad Dvivedi, famous litterateur, writer, poet and editor, died at the age of 74. |
| 8/5/1921 | Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born. |
| 6/13/1940 | Revolutionary leader Udham Singh was hanged for charges of assassinating Micheal Odair, who was the Governor General of Punjab at the time of Jalianwala Baug massacre. |
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