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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
8/2/1942Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent.
9/8/1993Mandal Commission recommendation of 27\% job reservation for the backward classes brought into effect; 'Creamy' layer excluded.
1/22/1886Harikrishna Premi, Hindi writer, passed away.
10/2/1950Persis Khambatta, famous actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), was born in Bombay.
10/20/1997All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar.
11/29/1962Haryana achieved their target of supplying electricity to 100\% villages.
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
5/12/1937George VI is crowned.
6/3/1977K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress.
12/11/1986The United Nations Children's fund (UNICEF) completes 40 years of work on behalf of children (11-12-86).