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Historical Event on 5/2/1992
President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/4/1994 | Rahul Dev Burman, famous music director better known as 'Pancham Da', died at the age of 56. |
| 1/22/1903 | Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta. |
| 9/5/1997 | CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income. |
| 9/8/1997 | English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states. |
| 8/16/1980 | Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130. |
| 5/6/1861 | Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born at Agra. |
| 9/30/2000 | India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant. |
| 1/1/1900 | Doordrahsan was started.
Doordarshan is an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, which is owned by the Broadcasting Ministry of India and is one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati. |
| 12/19/1945 | Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan. |
| 6/27/1998 | Mr. Nikhil Chakravartty, journalist and chairman of Prasar Bharati, dies in New Delhi at 84. |
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