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Historical Event on 5/2/1998

The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/12/1978After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition.
2/28/1835Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20.
1/18/1998Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.
1/28/1925Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.
2/3/1986Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.
10/4/1974India in apartheid protest refuses to play South Africa in Davis Cup finals.
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.
3/22/2000India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana.
7/5/1994Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala.
2/3/1992Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first).