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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 |
| 3/17/1989 | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, president of Lok Dal (B) and former Union Minister, passed away. |
| 12/16/1998 | The Government introduces in the Rajya Sabha the Patents (Amendments) Bill 1998 amid Left protests. |
| 2/3/1928 | Chandrasekhar Vaman Gadkari, cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55), was born at Pune. |
| 12/12/1971 | All the facilities and pocket money provided to the former kings were cancelled by the Indian Parliament. |
| 1/16/1990 | Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away. |
| 10/16/1952 | Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi. |
| 10/31/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister of India by Gyani Zail Singh, President of India, at New Delhi. He held this office till December 1, 1989. |
| 6/22/1917 | Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin). |
| 6/15/1948 | Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away. |
| 10/23/1997 | Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender. |
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