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Historical Event on 5/2/1974

700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
1/15/1998Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years.
6/30/1984W. R. Dhavle, editor, died.
5/1/1922Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra.
7/23/1956India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak.
12/12/1976Madanlal Dhingra's ashes were brought to India.
10/1/1991India takes over the presidency of Security Council with Ambassador G.R. Gharekhan in the chair.
8/23/1994Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.
6/24/1989A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal.
7/6/1917Bhandarkar Prachyavidya Sanshodhak Mandir' was established.