Shri George Fernandes, the leader of the 1974 railway men's strike, passed away.

Shri George Fernandes, the trade union leader turned politician, has passed away yesterday. He will ever be remembered for leading the historic railway men's strike, that took place in 1974. Shri George Fernandes was the leader of the joint platform called NCCRS (National Coordination Committee for Railway Men's Struggle), which organised that strike, and which was brutally suppressed by the then prime minister, Indira Gandhi. BSNLEU pays it's homage to Shri George Fernandes.