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Historical Event on 8/5/1965

M. V. Sridhar, cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad vs Andhra Pradesh, 1994), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/28/1902Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise.
10/30/1887Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born.
6/18/1946Congress Working Committee decides to accept Interim Government scheme.
2/24/1948The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February.
11/7/1862Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision.
11/15/1920Assembly meeting of the League of Nations.
9/6/1993CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).
9/23/1980Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial.
12/8/1857Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail.
11/3/1948Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, delivered his maiden speech in United Nations Organisation (U.N.O.) General Assembly.