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Historical Event on 5/1/1886

May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1997Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74.
6/1/1904Four Language panel were used for Rangoon. This panel had languages namely Burmese, Urdu, Tamil and Chinese.
9/1/1998Tatas withdraw their Rs. 1,475-crore proposal to operate an airline with foreign equity participation in the domestic sector.
7/14/1923Iqbal Singh Bhatia, great educationist, was born at Kotla Qasim Khan, (Pakistan).
9/1/1896Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta.
3/6/1915Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.
9/29/1836Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established in Madras
1/11/1986Union Government declares Ladakh a Scheduled Tribe area under a constitutional amendment order by the President, applying article 342 for the first time to J&K.
8/4/1845Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.
10/26/1891Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, was born.