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Madras Labour Union founded

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Madras Labour Union founded
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B. P. Wadia and Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram founded the Madras Labour Union, among the first organised trade unions in India.

On 13 April 1918 B. P. Wadia, a Theosophist associated with Annie Besant, founded the Madras Labour Union together with Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram. It organised workers of the textile mills in Madras, notably the Buckingham and Carnatic Mills. It is regarded as one of the first organised labour unions in India. Kalyanasundaram went on to organise many of the early trade unions in South India.

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