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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
11/6/1999Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India.
1/8/2000The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
11/10/1960First Nagpur session of Maharashtra State.
5/2/1974700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi.
10/15/1946Muslim League decides to participate in the Interim Government.
5/13/1962Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)
12/10/1945Aust Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts.
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
2/12/1871Charles Freer Andrews, great social worker, humanitarian, leader and a true friend of India, was born in New-Castle-on-Tyne in U.K.
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.