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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
10/28/1946Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar.
9/10/1996Central Ethical Committee of ICMR on Human Research, constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice (Retired) M.N. Venkatachaliah, held its first meeting. Several sub committees were constituted to address specific topics viz. Epidemiological Research, Clinical Evaluation of Products to be Used on Humans, Organ Transplantation; Human Genetics, etc.
10/21/1997Himachal Pradesh Assembly goes global with inauguration of its website on the Internet.
7/31/1865Jagannath Sunkersett, great social worker, educationist and sculptor of modern Mumbai, passed away at the age of 62.
6/14/1996CBI grills PV Prabhakar Rao, son of former PM, for his involvement in the Rs. 133 crore NFL urea import scandal.
8/7/1985Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia.
3/10/2000Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister, submits his resignation without putting his motion of seeking a trust vote to test in the assembly. The RJD leader Rabri Devi meets the Governor and stakes claim to form the Government.
11/22/1988Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award.
12/28/1925Kasturbhai Lalbhai Shrenik, great industrialist, was born at Ahmedabad.
3/6/1775Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War.