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Historical Event on 5/1/1923

Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1997Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.
6/8/2000Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).
12/30/1941Gandhiji, at his own request, is relieved of hi-leadership of Congress by Working Committee.
1/24/1997Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively.
2/24/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.
8/9/1942Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.
10/10/1978Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.
12/7/1997Leander Paes awarded 'The Sportstar' award.
4/20/1992U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away.