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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
2/20/1999India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service.
4/9/1986First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.
1/31/1997Government raises quantity of gold that can be brought into the country by non-residents to 10 kg. (from the existing 5).
11/9/1913Weekly 'Pratap' was published from Kanpur which was edited by Ganesh Shankar Vidyrarthi.
5/15/1729Khanderao Dabhade, great warrior in Maratha kingdom, passed away.
12/5/1990With the induction of 60 ministers, the Bihar Cabinet becomes the largest ever cabinet in India with a total of 71 ministers.
12/22/1998The Patents Bill gets Rajya Sabha approval.
12/1/1989National Front decides to form a government with outside support from the BJP and the Left Parties.
8/4/2000Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98.
6/8/1998Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack.