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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
12/1/2000An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.
8/15/1950Indian Constitution goes into effect.
4/5/1989Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died.
10/14/199210 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah.
8/30/1928Jawaharlal Nehru lays his plans for a free India and becomes president of Congress Party in 1929.
7/14/1992The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K.
4/7/1818British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.
5/15/1878Sivnath Shastri and Ananda Mohan Bose, under the leadership of the younger group of Brahmo Sama, rebelled and started Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.
9/25/1985Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections.
3/1/1909First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established.