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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
4/20/1965First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.
5/14/1982All India Radio renamed as 'Akashwani' but it's Urdu service yet announces that it's All India Radio.
6/21/1940Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away.
1/4/1909Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born.
2/27/1993Samir Ranjan Barman, Tripura CM, resigns.
12/10/1878Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'.
4/27/1996First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states.
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
8/12/1966Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis.
12/19/1860Lord Dalhousie, Governor General of India (1848-1856), died.