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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
3/21/1992India's second submarine 'Shankul' joined Navy.
12/17/1938Charuchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali story writer and novelist, died.
10/11/1991BJP government in U.P. acquires the disputed Ayodhya land.
12/29/1997Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics.
4/17/1946Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away.
11/5/1995Common Guidance test flight of Trishul successful.
3/14/1992NTR expels Upendra and six others from Telegu Desam Party.
2/6/1953Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission.
9/7/1996First phase of J & K Assembly elections.
10/27/2000The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.