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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
2/21/1973V. R. Sonalkar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31-07-1974.
3/14/1997Border Security Force discovers a 34-metre long tunnel in the Ajnala Sub-sector of the Punjab border with Pakistan.
3/21/1966Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service.
11/2/1971Roberto Fernandes, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Goa.
3/9/1961Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away.
8/30/1903Bhagwati Charan Varma was born.
1/1/1900Doordrahsan was started. Doordarshan is an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, which is owned by the Broadcasting Ministry of India and is one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati.
6/9/1752French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.
6/1/1998Petrol price is raised by Re.1 per litre.
3/25/1911L. D. Swamikannu publishes ""Manual of Indian Chronology"" in Bombay.