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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
5/30/1977Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons.
5/15/1958Gift Tax Act was introduced.
3/29/1939Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara.
5/12/1952Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
7/25/1955Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi.
5/27/1906Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika Day.
9/26/1996Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.
8/20/1909Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar.
3/13/1992K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away.
4/10/1875Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.