5 September - India on this day22 events
CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income.
Bhalchandra Pandharinath Bahirat, editor and expert of Saint literature, was born.
The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freeom fighter, social reformer, prolific writer, politician and leader, was born at Ottapidaram village in Tamil Nadu.
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.
Dr. Radhakrishnan's birthday declared as Teachers Day.
Ratanji Jamshetji Tata, famous Indian industrialist and social reformer, died.
Central Hindi Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister.
Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore.
Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.
Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932.
Shanbagh, Vandana Rao, Shiny and Usha sets record in the women's category for 4x400m race in 3.31.55 seconds at Rome .
Rajya Sabha approves the Prasar Bharati Bill rejecting by voice vote three motions moved by the Congress(I) to refer the Bill to a joint select committee.
University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike.
Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died.
30 member Ladakh Autonomous Hill Council sworn-in that was conceded by the Government of India in 1993.