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Historical Event on 9/18/1972

Government of India announces increase of minimum bonus to workers from 4\% to 8.33\%.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1965Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai.
7/10/1997Fijian Senate approves new Constitution that removes radical restrictions on political power of Indian community, which makes up almost half the population.
11/3/1990Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
8/23/1947Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
9/18/1803Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.
8/10/1995Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away.
2/6/1952George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom, died of lung cancer at the age of 56 (succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth II). In 1947, His title of Emperor of India was deleted.
10/27/1926Padmanabh Govind Joshi alias ""Nana"" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper during 1950's was born in Bar
11/17/1966India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student.