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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
7/12/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company.
2/28/1927Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab.
11/5/1994Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines.
8/11/2000Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset.
7/15/1992Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya.
6/13/1997At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.
9/6/1947Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees.
12/1/199217 ministers of the BJP government in Rajasthan quit for the 'Karseva' at Ayodhya.
1/6/1987An International Conference to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the African National Congress opens in New Delhi.
3/17/1909Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra.