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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
5/19/1991About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha.
10/5/1999India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT.
11/21/1991R. Nagarajan, former Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, arrested for harbouring LTTE militants.
3/31/1997Forex reserves touch a record $ 22.36 billions.
2/17/1948Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles).
9/1/1995Chandrababu Naidu assumes office as the new CM of Andhra Pradesh.
7/7/1943Rasbehari Bose handed over the command of 'Azad Hind Fauz' to Netaji Subhashchandra Bose at Singapore.
11/11/1947Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple.
8/15/1997The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus.
8/11/2000The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects.