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Historical Event on 9/5/1988
The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/2/1926 | The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta. |
| 3/9/1990 | Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died. |
| 8/15/1995 | P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme. |
| 3/9/1993 | 14 bus passengers burnt to death in Andhra . |
| 7/22/1918 | During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force. |
| 10/4/2000 | Kashmir has been the cause of tensions between India and Pakistan and foreign interference should be stopped,'' said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the joint session of both the Houses of Parliament. |
| 7/15/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V. C. Shukla, Arif Mohammed Khan and Arun Nehru from Congress for anti-party activities. |
| 1/29/1999 | Alok Kumar of Punjab defeated Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra at the IIT complex at New Delhi. |
| 9/10/1915 | Jatindranath Mukhrjee, great revolutionary, died after being wounded in a pitched battle between the revolutionaries and the police, aided by an army unit, in Balasore. |
| 2/20/1953 | India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA. |
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