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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
8/19/1947Vinayak Damodar Karnataki (Master Vinayak), famous Marathi actor, director and producer, died.
5/12/1997Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan agree to set up joint working groups on a range of issues to be identified by Foreign Secretaries.
1/29/1983Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns.
3/30/1997Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government.
7/1/1968Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.
4/15/1947Issues with Jinnah a joint appeal for communal peace.
10/15/1931Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.
3/16/1912Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system.
8/13/1954Nehru says dispute over Portuguese colonies in India must be settled peacefully.