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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
3/10/1997Maharashtra government renames Osmanabad as Dharashiva.
3/10/1997Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
6/17/1933The civil disobedience campaign ended.
11/28/1956Chou En- lai, Chinese Prime Minister, came to India.
6/22/1996Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.
6/9/1998Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
5/2/1981Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away.
2/8/1995Mulayam Singh wins the crucial vote of strength.
1/24/1951Nehru assails US. demand for UN to name Peking as aggressor in Korea, New Delhi.
3/18/1972First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.