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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
6/24/1996Cong(I) enters into an electoral alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party for forthcoming Assembly election in UP.
9/11/1888Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, was born in Barcelona, Spain.
4/2/1942Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet.
10/23/1990Following the arrest of its President L. K. Advani, who was leading a rathyathra to Ayodhya at Samasthipur in Bihar, BJP withdrew support to National Front Government.
4/1/1989Shridhar Madhav Joshi (S. M. Joshi), great socialist leader, passed away.
2/25/1987The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1.
2/19/1902Pandit Lallu Ram appointed as Hindi Professor at Fort William College, Calcutta.
8/21/1978Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.
9/13/1984Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.
5/2/1977C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).