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Anti-Hindu protests gripped Tamil-Nadu as the DMK Organized the Madras State Anti-Hindi Conference on January 17, calling for observing January 26as a day of national mourning-the day the 15-year grace period for the use of English as the official language was going to end .The stir was led by students, who hit the streets out of concern for their carrers, with a call of Hindi never, English ever. The agitation soon became state-wide. In the Budget session of Parliament, President would stay in India. Linguistic pride had won.

FIRST CUT

The annual national beauty pageant, Femina Miss India, was held for the first time, in which Persis Khambatta was declared the winner. She went to Hollywood and later appeared in Star Trek

BORDER CONTROL

Till 1965, Indo-Pak borders were manned by the State Armed Police Battalion. After the war, a specialized Border Security Force was formed for the international border

DID YOU KNOW

The Army was called to patrol the streets when 1,00,000 marchers set the security booth of All India Radio and Congress president K.Kamraj’s house on fire to protest cow slaughter

WE AIM TO RESTORE DEMOCRACY BUT OF THE TYPE PEOPLE VALUE.

That’s what Mohammad Ayub Khan (above left) said when he took over Pakistan, Becoming the first Pakistan general to lead a coup in 1958.The commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Army since 1951, he was also the first to openly align with the US against the Soviet Union and establish close ties with China, in many ways setting the tone for subsequent governments. But the war against India in 1965 was the beginning of his end, with his forge in Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto resigning after he signed the Tashkent Declaration with Lal Bahadur Shastri and aligning against him. Under pressure from him and another opposition leader Maulana Bhasnani, he had to turn over the government to Commandeer-in-chief Yahya Khan

What forge in observers are finding perturbing is that free expression of liberal views by Indians seems to be in danger

CIRCUKAR BEDS, FANCY CARS

Waqt, Yash Choprs’s, multi-starrer, was a tribute to the spirit of Punjabis, with its lusty Colour and spirited youngsters. Its design ethos, suggesting prosperity of no fixed address, was much copied. As movie scholar Ashish Rajyadaksha wrote: It had a series of living rooms in pink and blue, with fountains and circular beds in bedrooms, motor boats and fancy cars in which the rich raced each other to get the girl in between attending huge parties.Ah,yes there was also Sadhana’s hair,Raj Kumar’s sharp suits and Shashi Kapoor’s smile

• Singapore’s prime minister Lee Kuan Yew proclaimed de facto independence from Malaysia and Singapore
• Congolese lieutenant general Mobutu ousted Joseph Kasavubu and declared himself president
• Winston Churchill died at the age of 90.India grieved though Churchill had never wanted India’s independence.

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Reporters during the 1965 war were taken to the forward areas, and 14,300 photos issued every month.

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Indians died in 1965 Indo-Pak war, while Pakistan lost 3,000 men.

Courtesy By India Today