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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 |
| 12/5/1998 | Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications. |
| 11/8/1999 | The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa. |
| 11/30/1915 | Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died. |
| 7/8/1971 | Krishnarao Arkgudun, versatile Kannad author, died. |
| 6/23/1946 | Gandhiji advises Congress not to enter Interim Government, but only Constituent Assembly. |
| 12/28/1921 | Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta. |
| 4/2/1970 | Meghalaya, an autonomous hilly state, was established after dividing the hilly areas of Assam. |
| 12/28/1995 | Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service. |
| 4/13/1963 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away. |
| 7/29/1994 | Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding. |
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