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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
10/2/1971Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation.
12/1/1970T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972
2/1/1894Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born.
6/23/1927All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.
1/28/1894Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
4/25/1993Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued.
1/29/1993Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman.
12/12/1872Balkrishna Shivram Munje, freedom fighting leader and president of Hindu Mahasabha, was born.
11/18/1911Free primary school education is introduced.