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Detailed explanation-1: -UPSC Mains. Q. India’s first Labour Movement Museum is to be launched in which state/UT? Notes: India’s first Labour Movement Museum is to be launched in the Houseboat tourism hub, Alappuzha in the state of Kerala.

Detailed explanation-2: -The museum will be housed in the Kerala State Coir Corporation building, which is over 100 years old. Way back in 1922, India’s first labour body, the Travancore Labour Association, was formed in Alappuzha, in the then princely state of Travancore.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Travancore Labour Association, which was established in 1922, was the first labour organisation formed in the princely state of Travancore, which now forms a part of the state of Kerala, India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alappuzha is famous as the global houseboat tourism hub. The New Model Cooperative Society Limited, previously run by the Bombay Company, has been converted into the Labour Movement Museum.

Detailed explanation-5: -The correct answer is Madras Labour Union. India’s first labour union was started when workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills formed the Madras Labour Union in April 1918. This landmark event is documented meticulously by D. Veeraraghavan in his seminal book ‘Making of the Madras Working Class’.