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Historical Event on 5/17/1994

Nar Bahadur Bhandari voted out in Sikkim; Sikkim Sangram Parishad leader Sanchaman Limboo takes over as CM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/6/1963Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died.
1/25/1992Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
5/13/1953The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.
1/11/1995Kumari Anandan replaces Vazhapadi K. Ramamurthy as TNCC (I) chief.
3/4/1996Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products.
4/18/1959Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India.
9/12/1786Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer.
3/24/1981Bombay beat Delhi by an innings and 46 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.
4/6/1980Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
7/26/1975Anti-government demonstrations held in Gujarat, defying the emergency law prohibiting such demonstrations.