Happy May Day! Know the history about it

As for May Day in our country, we witnessed the first Labor Day celebration in the year 1923 that time it was Madras. It is also known as labour day.

May 1 is a metonym for International Workers' Day, a day of celebration of the working class. There is a story that goes back more than a century and a half.

In 1848 the Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx and Engels had a great impact on the workers of several countries who were feeling the heat of industrialization. Countries like Germany, France, England, the USA saw a demand to reduce the working hours from 12 to 15 hours a day to eight hours.

In the year 1840, the failure of the crops led to widespread feudal disorders called "The Revolutions of 1848". As a result, the International Workers Association, known as the First International, was formed in 1864 as a general association for all socialist and communist organizations, in a workers' congregation in London.

After the First International dissolved in 1876 due to an ideological rupture, the Second International appeared in 1889 as a set of socialist and workers' parties. It was this organization that declared May 1 as International Workers' Day and March 8 as International Women's Day.

As for May Day in India, the country witnessed the first Labor Day celebration in 1923 in what was then Madras. Led by Singaravelar, leader of the Kisan Labor Party of Hindustan, two meetings were held, one in Triplicane Beach and another near the High Court in Madras. It was at these meetings that a resolution was passed urging the British government to declare May 1 as Labor Day and also as a government holiday. It was the first time in India that the red flag was used.

There is another aspect of the popular May Day phrase. It has ancient roots in several countries. The best known is the Flora Festival in ancient Rome, which was announced as a May celebration. Flora was the goddess of flowers, and the festival was marked by songs, dances and theatrical performances.

Another celebration of May Day was to praise Dionysus and Aphrodite, the Greek gods of vintage and love, respectively.

There is also "Mayday", which is a distress call made by ships and planes. When asking about the connection between May Day and Mayday? There is no connection, Mayday is an English version of the French "m'aidez" that means "help me".