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Historical Event on 8/5/1965

Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.

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10/12/2000A Special Court sentences former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Home Minister Buta Singh to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs each in the 'JMM MPs' bribery case'.
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