Former and 3rd chief minister of Sikkim B.B Gurung dies at the age of 92.

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Former and 3rd chief minister of Sikkim B.B Gurung dies at the age of 92. He worked served as a teacher and later became a staff reporter of the now-defunct English daily Amrita Bazar Patrika. He also edited Kanchenjunga, the first news-based Nepali journal of Sikkim. He started his political career as a member of the Sikkim State Congress in 1947 when it was formed, and was appointed its general secretary in 1958. In 1967, he was elected the Executive Councillor in the erstwhile Kingdom of Sikkim.


     

     

     

 

     


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