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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
2/8/1986Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).
9/29/19881988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.
6/5/1973Madhav Sadashiv Golvalkar, politician and RSS chief, passed away.
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.
11/25/1975Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away.
11/7/1936Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born.
11/20/1969Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.
2/22/1845Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company.
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
12/25/1991Ajit Singh expelled from the JD.