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Historical Event on 5/2/1996

General Election 2nd phase begins in 204 LS and 223 Assembly constituencies spread over 17 States & union territories.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1901Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
8/19/1993Sharad Pawar elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council from Pune.
5/10/1996Congress Chief Ministers of Assam, Haryana & Pondicherry resign.
9/17/1997Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW.
7/1/1941C. Y. Chintamani died.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
1/5/1948Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's), was born in Alwar, Rajasthan.
2/11/1993Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra.
5/20/1878Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.
1/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer and President of All India, passed away.