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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 |
| 5/5/1916 | Giani Zail Singh, President of India, was born in Sandhwan village, Punjab. |
| 9/30/1972 | Pakistani troops shell into the Indian zone of Kashmir. |
| 12/17/1974 | Ustad Gulam Sabir, famous Sarangi player, died at Kanpur. |
| 11/19/1991 | Kashinath Anant (Rambhau Joshi), famous editor, passed away. |
| 5/29/1915 | Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo, social reformer and politician, was born at Neemuch Cantt, M.P. |
| 1/16/1620 | Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died. |
| 11/21/1991 | An Inter Governmental Coference on Youth Tourism, held for first time, was hosted by the Government of India under the aegis of the World Tourism Organisation. (18-11-91). |
| 3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
| 3/1/1901 | Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born. |
| 3/8/2000 | The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities. |
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