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Historical Event on 5/7/1990

Government of India bans strikes in any service in any oil field or refinery under the Essential Services Maintenance Act.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
7/22/1993Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India.
10/3/1978Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay claimed the credit of India's first and the birth of world's second test-tube baby Durga Agrawal, who was born in Belle Vue Nursing Home in Calcutta.
3/23/1913Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government.
5/15/1949Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan.
2/28/1859Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away.
8/8/1948Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York.
8/6/1993Medha Patkar suspends anti-Narmada stir and drops her ''jal samarpan'' threat.
3/31/1993J.N. Dixit, Foreign Secretary, visits Myanmar and signs agreements on trade, control of drug trafficking and separatist movements along the borders.
9/23/1903Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born.