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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 |
| 5/12/1998 | Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT. |
| 12/30/1953 | The Untouchability (Offences) Bill published in the Gazette of India. |
| 10/24/1991 | Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years. |
| 1/21/1963 | East German party Congress ends; Ulbricht, with Soviet support, condemns Chinese invasion of India at Berlin. |
| 4/18/1961 | Pamella Bordes, photographer and model, was born in New Dehli, India. |
| 10/15/1977 | The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership. |
| 2/6/1939 | Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III of Baroda, great nationalist and social reformer, passed away. |
| 4/27/1748 | Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor, passed away and was succeeded by his son Ahmad Shah. |
| 4/13/1940 | Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born. |
| 3/31/1867 | Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864. |
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