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The nationwide railway strike of May 1974 was led by which trade union leader?
ARaj Narain of UP
BGeorge Fernandes
CCharan Singh of UP
DJagjivan Ram of Bihar
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. George Fernandes
1. Fernandes headed the railwaymen's coordination committee.
2. The strike ran for twenty days.
3. It ended without a settlement.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 6, The Crisis of Democratic Order._
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