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Historical Event on 9/5/1888
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1993 | Five more Doordarshan channels launched. |
| 2/13/1945 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 11/24/1988 | Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member. |
| 3/31/1959 | Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India. |
| 10/10/1978 | Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'. |
| 6/17/1950 | Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away. |
| 3/14/1963 | Jainarain Vyas, freedom fighter, leader, social reformer, patriot and a noble son of India, passed away. |
| 11/3/1961 | Gold Bond scheme was started to boost Indian economy after Indo-China war. |
| 4/14/1989 | Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car. |
| 9/26/1992 | Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent. |
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