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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
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
8/20/1991India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest.
1/18/1998Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.
7/31/18619,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record.
3/5/1990Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
5/13/1998India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan.
7/19/2000The Centre has no locus standi in Thackeray case, says the Prime Minister and rejects the resignations of Shiv Sena nominees in the Union Cabinet-- Manohar Joshi, Suresh Prabhu and Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil.
8/15/1867Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.
12/20/1993India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels.
8/18/1993The Transport Development Council decides to abolish Pathkar (entry tax) and increase the fee for national permit from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 5000.