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Historical Event on 5/5/1994

Revolt against Nar Bahadur Bhandari government in Sikkim, Sanchaman Limboo elected new leader.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1977M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979.
6/9/1998Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
1/26/1972Amar Jawan, a national memorial, established at India Gate, New Dehli.
7/2/1991Nanankal Krishna Pillai, famous Malyalam poet, died.
7/30/1920Rikhye Maj-Gen Indar Jit, Educationist and Former Army Officer, was born at Lahore.
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
3/19/1962Raja Kelkar Museum, which belonged to Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, was opened for the people.
11/22/1993Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna.
10/5/1991Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.
3/26/1938Laxminath Bezbarua, great littearateur of modern Assamia language, passed away.