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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
7/18/1946U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth.
11/29/1945Ugoslaviya in Rajshahi was ended.
9/26/1923Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born.
12/10/1902Nijalingappa Siddavanahalli, president of Indian National Congress and politician, was born at Haluvagalu (Bellary).
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.
3/29/1992The expert committee recomends an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region of Bihar.
6/14/1996CBI grills PV Prabhakar Rao, son of former PM, for his involvement in the Rs. 133 crore NFL urea import scandal.
3/22/1915Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born.
11/8/1990Congress (I) extends support to Chandrasekhar to form Government, even as BJP and Left parties decline the request of President R. Venkataraman to form Government. Rajasthan BJP CM Bhairon Singh Shekhwat wins confidence motion with the help of Janata Dal rebels (116-80).
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.