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Centenary of May Day in Madras
May 4 , 2023
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- The first May Day was celebrated in Madras (now Chennai) in 1923 by trade union leader M. Singaravelu.
- The Labour Kisan Party introduced May Day celebrations in Madras.
- Comrade Singaravelar presided over the meeting.
- He is known by his title, ‘Sinthanai Sirpi’, and was the first communist of south India.
- In December 1925, he presided over the first communist conference in Kanpur.
- In Tamil Nadu, it was the DMK government that first declared a holiday for May Day in 1967.
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