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Historical Event on 6/23/1894

Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born.

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9/18/1972Government of India announces increase of minimum bonus to workers from 4\% to 8.33\%.
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1/19/1990Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA.
7/22/1999J. H. Patel, Karnataka Chief Minister, recommends dissolution of the Assembly and the Governor Khurshid Alam Khan accepts it. Earlier Mr. Patel drops eight Ministers including the Deputy Chief Minister Siddharamiah.
2/15/1998Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open.
6/17/1917Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore.
8/2/1935The British pass Govt. of India Act, separating Burma, Aden from India.
11/14/2000Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office.
6/9/1949Kiran Bedi, the first woman Indian Police Service Officer, was born in Amritsar, Punjab.
4/15/1938Madhurima. Ch, educationist and artist, was born in Begusarai, Bihar .