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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 |
| 5/20/1915 | Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad. |
| 4/11/1913 | Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh |
| 7/28/1872 | Albert P Sarraut, French Governor General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), was born. |
| 5/27/1998 | Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness. |
| 8/15/1999 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal. |
| 2/25/1897 | Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born. |
| 4/18/1926 | Padmakar Ganesh Chitle, famous Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 1/1/1926 | Mohammad Abdul Hye, educationist, was born at Alitangani, (Nowgong). |
| 1/10/1993 | 24th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi. |
| 3/24/1991 | Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away. |
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