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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 |
| 3/25/1990 | Lakshadweep Council elections. |
| 9/29/1942 | The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession. |
| 10/14/1919 | Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born. |
| 5/7/1950 | 81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected. |
| 1/11/1859 | Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born. |
| 10/4/1953 | India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council. |
| 10/4/1953 | The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali. |
| 9/19/1997 | A Delhi court rules that interviewing of the child and parents by school authorities, for admission to primary classes, is illegal and improper. |
| 9/19/1996 | Suresh Mehta ministry is dismissed, President's rule imposed. |
| 7/16/1959 | Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died. |
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