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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 |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 2/20/1929 | K. B. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-84, was born at Tamil Nadu. |
| 6/28/1993 | A multi-millionaire industrialist, main financier of smuggler Veerappan,and 6 Veerappan-men arrested. |
| 1/30/1999 | Gopinath Bordoloi was awarded the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, The Highest Civilian Award in India. 1999. |
| 10/11/1996 | Supreme Court ruling on change of venue of Rao's trial. |
| 2/26/1996 | Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM. |
| 3/4/1996 | India and EU agree on a plan to boost trade ties. |
| 12/26/1989 | India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean. |
| 9/20/1933 | Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died. |
| 9/20/1933 | Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan. |
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