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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 |
| 5/1/1994 | Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'. |
| 4/10/1919 | Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her. |
| 2/6/1990 | Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown. |
| 6/30/1984 | W. R. Dhavle, editor, died. |
| 1/23/1960 | Laxmi Narayan Garde, famous journalist related to ""Venkateshwar Samachar"", ""Bangawasi"", ""Bharat Mitra"" and ""Navjeevan"" newspapers, passed away. |
| 10/19/1967 | Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light. |
| 9/10/1995 | 87 of the 180 members of the newly constituted JAAC assume office. |
| 6/6/2000 | Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai. |
| 4/4/1971 | Pakistan reports seizure of nine Indian army vehicles. |
| 3/24/1984 | Dilraj Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada. |
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