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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
3/12/1992India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean.
12/5/2000Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.
8/29/1994Tusharkanti Ghosh, world famous Indian journalist, passed away.
11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
5/14/1972Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Kashmir border reported.
9/27/1999Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd.
2/24/1899Maheshchandra Burjorjee Bilimoria, film distributor, was born.
9/28/1964The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border.
6/17/1994Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.