Question: International Labour Day is celebrated on-
(a) 1 May
(b) 29 April
(c) 2 May
(d) 5 May
Ans (a)
Related facts:
- International Labour Day was celebrated on 1 May 2016.
- The theme of the Day of 2016 is “Celebrating the international labour movement”.
- The date was chosen for International Workers’ Day by the Second International, a pan-national organization of socialist and communist political parties, to commemorate the Haymarket affair, which occurred in Chicago on 4 May 1886.
- The first demand for an eight hour working day and better working conditions was done on this day.
- The first May Day celebration in India was organised in Madras (now Chennai) by the Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan on May 1, 1923.
- At the time this day was celebrated as ‘Madras Day’.
Reference:
http://www.ddinews.gov.in/Current%20Affairs/Pages/labouday.aspx
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/international-labour-day-observed-worldwide/1/433221.html
http://www.iww.org/history/library/misc/origins_of_mayday