GOOGLE DOODLE Celebrating Labour Day today

Celebrating  LABOUR Day Today ON 1ST-MAY-2013
Labour Day (Labor Day in the USA) is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour daymovement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.



International Workers' Day (also known as May Day) is a celebration of the international labour movement. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries and celebrated unofficially in many other countries.


India
The first May Day celebration in India was organised in Madras by the Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan on 1 May 1923.This was also the first time the red flag was used in India.The party leader Singaravelu Chettiar made arrangements to celebrate May Day in two places in 1923. One meeting was held at the beach opposite to the Madras High Court; the other meeting was held at the Triplicane beach. The Hindu newspaper, published from Madras reported,
SOURCE : WIKIPEDIA AND VIMEO
BY HRISHABH KASHYAP 

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