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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.

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10/28/1992Karnataka government withdraws order allowing nine private organisations to start capitation fee for engineering colleges.
10/6/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.
10/28/1996L.K. Advani, BJP President, appears personally for the first time in a Gwalior Court.
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12/28/1951Recognition to Libya by India accorded.
11/1/1954French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India.