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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
9/2/1947Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified.
9/20/1992Vithhal Badgelwar, painter and sculptor, passed away.
9/8/1951The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions) was re-designated as CDA(P), Allahabad.
3/8/1998Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew.
9/30/1900Mohommad Ali Chhagla, former central minister, was born.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
5/14/1998India will not sign CTBT unconditionally, says the Prime Minister.
11/1/1858Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India.
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.
7/12/1960Ranchi University was established.