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These Indian-Origin People Made It To King Charles’ Birthday Honours List
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These Indian-Origin People Made It To King Charles’ Birthday Honours List

[ad_1] The list was released by the UK government in London on Friday night.London: Over 40 Indian-origin medics, business leaders and community champions are among those on King Charles III's first birthday Honours List as the British monarch released by the UK government.Dr Parvinder Kaur Aley, Director of Global Operations at the Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford, has been honoured as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to vaccination during Covid-19.Professor Prokar Dasgupta, Foundation Professor of Surgery, King's Health Partners and Chair in Robotic Surgery and Urological Innovation at King's College London has also been conferred with an OBE for services to surgery and science.Among the British Indian business leaders honoured are Anuj Cha...
Britain’s New King Is Charles III. Who Were Charles I and II?
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Britain’s New King Is Charles III. Who Were Charles I and II?

[ad_1] King Charles III is the third British monarch to share the name.The new King Charles III is the third British monarch to share the name, and those looking for omens will find two wildly different fates befalling his predecessors.Here are the main events defining the lives and reigns of Charles I and his son Charles II.Charles IThe only British monarch to be executed, Charles I's reign led to a brutal civil war and the abolition of the royal family.Charles, from the House of Stuart, took the throne in 1625, ruling over England, Scotland, and Ireland.His belief in the divine right of kings, coupled with his Roman Catholic faith, gained him many enemies, with subjects and parliamentarians accusing him of being a tyrant.Parliament constantly sought to curb his powers, putting it on a ...