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Historical Event on 1/5/1988

India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/30/1751Sir Robert Clive exhibited a heroic feat when the British troops captured Arcot form Chanda Saheb.
12/20/1999Win Chadha ready to come to India to face trial in the Bofors case.
12/31/1996Gold import policy liberalised.
9/9/1850Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born.
6/27/1906Establishment of `Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'.
1/9/1923Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away.
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
5/19/1796Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds.
1/1/1974This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"".
2/22/1982South-South Conference opens in New Delhi.