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Historical Event on 5/2/1953

Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1992Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.
10/4/1986Helicoptor Corporation of India established.
7/22/199824-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
5/5/1972Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away.
8/20/1885First meeting of the Indian National Congress held.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.
5/27/1948The trial of nine men accused of assassination of Gandhi before a special court judge at the Red Fort. The trial ended on 30th Dec.
11/22/1997Yasser Arafat, President, Palestinian National Authority, laid the foundation stone for Indo-Arab cultural centre at Hyderabad.
1/8/2000The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
7/7/1855As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army.