May Day also known as Labour Day or International Worker's Day is celebrated on 1st May every year. This Day is a national holiday in more then 70 countries.
The first Labour day was celebrated in India in 1923, organised by the Labour Kisan Party in Chennai (then Madras). In pictures, some of the workers from various work fields.
Lunch box ready: Dabbawala’s of Mumbai deliver home-cooked food to office-goers.
Weightlifting champions: A 'Coolie' is a labourer who carries luggage in the market.
Buckling up: A worker making belt buckle at an Iron factory in Dharavi.
Shinning in the dark: A boy polishes shoes on a railway platform in Western suburbs of Mumbai.
Saviours of the world: Workers sort plastic at a recycling unit in Dharavi.
Workers from Uttar Pradesh, mixing mud to make clay pots.
Taking charge: Women labourers from Maharashtra and adjoining villages of Karnataka await for construction jobs.
Laundrymen or 'Dhobiwala' hand-washing clothes at Dobhi Ghat.
Labourers push the hand-cart filled with luggage in south Mumbai.
Men at work: Labourer push the cart filled with lugage.
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