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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 |
| 11/18/1994 | Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years. |
| 2/10/1949 | Pune University' established. |
| 5/7/1973 | Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died. |
| 4/22/1915 | Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born. |
| 10/26/1996 | CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders. |
| 4/19/1910 | Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, was hanged. |
| 2/24/1995 | 25 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati. |
| 8/18/1979 | Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died. |
| 6/19/1997 | Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued. |
| 1/4/1940 | Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born. |
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