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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
1/30/1949Night Airmail Services was inaugurated.
4/11/1992Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award.
5/10/1996Congress Chief Ministers of Assam, Haryana & Pondicherry resign.
4/21/1975Farakka Barrage dedicated to nation.
7/29/1987India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play.
4/24/1965Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
1/23/1960Laxmi Narayan Garde, famous journalist related to ""Venkateshwar Samachar"", ""Bangawasi"", ""Bharat Mitra"" and ""Navjeevan"" newspapers, passed away.
10/23/1996Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
3/31/1904British slaughter hundreds of Tibetans.
1/3/1921First Indian Parliament meets.