| Names |
PAWAN KUMAR
CHAMLING |
| Date of
Birth |
Sep 22, 1950 |
| Identity |
Sikkimese
politician - the longest serving chief Minister of Sikkim or any
other Indian State after independence. |
|
Events & Developments |
- The fifth and incumbent (as of Aug 2018) Chief minister
of the Indian state of Sikkim.
- The founder president of the Sikkim Democratic Front
(SDF), which governed the state for five successive terms
since 1994.
- Mar 04, 1993: SDF was formed on this day.
- Dec 12, 1994: His first term as Chief
Minister of Sikkim started on this day.
- Prior to establishing SDF, he served as Minister for
Industries, Information and Public Relations from 1989 to
1992 in the Nar Bahadur Bhandari cabinet.
- In 2009, his party Sikkim Democratic
Front won all 32 assembly seats in Sikkim Legislative
Assembly.
- May 21, 2014: He was sworn in as the
Chief Minister of Sikkim for the fifth consecutive time on
this day.
- Nov 30, 2015: His party SDF had won 22 out
of 32 assembly seats in the 2014 legislative assembly
election. However, on this day,, 7 out of 10 opposition MLAs
joined the SDF party under the his leadership.
- Jan 18, 2016: Prime Minister of India
Narendra Modi made a two-day visit to the Sikkim state to
declare it as the first and the only "organic
state" in the country, as it has fully implemented organic
farming statewide.
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