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Historical Event on 5/2/1996
Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/3/1996 | 25 to 30\% hike in prices of petroleum products. |
| 4/5/1979 | First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay. |
| 3/29/1978 | Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away. |
| 2/15/1865 | Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born. |
| 9/7/1965 | U.S. suspends military aid to India and Pakistan. |
| 2/11/1996 | Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta. |
| 2/9/1917 | Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born. |
| 10/10/1899 | Shripad Amrit Dange, socialist and Trade Union Leader, was born. |
| 6/24/1980 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras. |
| 7/22/1992 | Security scam: Planning Commission member V. Krishnamurthy resigns. |
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