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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
6/23/1993RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%.
7/27/1991Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.
11/1/1937Keral University established.
2/28/1927Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab.
5/29/1936Gandhi's eldest son creates a controversy as he converts to the Muslim faith.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
10/15/1995PM leaves for a 12-day tour of Egypt, NAM Summit at Cartagena in Columbia and 50th year United Nations celebrations at New York.
7/30/1993CBI arrests Bhupen Dalal and three other brokers for cheating of LIC Mutual Funds involving Rs.173 crore.
12/7/1992Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
11/18/1974Telex Service started between India and Pakistan.