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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
2/16/1994Military Museum established at Ahmadnagar.
3/28/1997India and Pakistan, represented by Salman Haider and Shamshad Ahmed, Foreign Secretaries, hold official talks on issues at New Delhi.
8/25/1994Ramdas Nayak, President of BJP Mumbai and former MLA was assassinated at Chembur, Mumbai. He was 52.
1/23/1954Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad declares that the State of Kashmir is a part of India.
11/23/1908Durga Das, famous social reformer and journalist, was born.
5/13/1995Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992.
9/14/1997Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
3/30/1989Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away.
12/20/1993Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years.