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May Day – May 01
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- May 1 is marked as International Labour Day, also referred as May Day.
- The day celebrates labourers and the working class.
- In India the first labour day was celebrated in 1923 at Chennai by M. Singaravelar.
- Singaravelar founded the first trade union in India.
- He was also one of the founding members of Communist Party of India.
History
- Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement in the United States.
- May 1 was chosen to be International Workers' Day to commemorate the May 1, 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
- On that day there was a general strike demanding 8-hour workday instead of the usual 15-hour working day.
- Chicago Police fired to disperse the crowd and killed many.
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