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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
7/26/1923Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born.
4/23/2000Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy.
1/1/1931Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki.
5/28/1970All India Trade Union Congress was divided.
5/25/1995Voting on the Criminal Law Bill differed again in Rajya Sabha.
5/25/1995Malik Kafur, Alauddin Khilji's Commander, won the impregnable fort of Devgiri. The fort was entered by the enemy. Raja Ramdeva was taken prisoner and sent to Delhi where Alauddin recieved him untill his death in 1312.
2/18/1871Vithhalbhai Javherbhai Patel, great nation lover and veteran parliament member, was born.
12/26/1991Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India.
6/19/1997Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued.
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.