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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
12/25/1994Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78.
8/16/1922Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska.
8/18/1907Madam Bhikaji Cama, addressed the International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart, Germany.
2/20/1953India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA.
7/16/1993Russia cancels cryogenic rocket deal with India.
3/16/1946Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur Darbar, passed away.
2/6/1950N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953.
1/9/1976President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
12/1/1989V. P. Singh is named the new prime minister.
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.