- January 9,1981- Homi J.H. Taleyarkhan was appointed as 2nd Governor of Sikkim.
- April 13, 1981- The Union Finance Minister, Mr.R. Venkataraman inaugurated the Central Blood Bank of Sikkim.
- November 6, 1981 - His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa passes away.
- January 30, 1982 - Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal passes away at the age of 59.
- May 1, 1982 - First Helicopter service between Bagdogra and Gangtok was inaugurated.
- June 5,6, and 9,1982 - A portion of Tsongu Lake turned red.
- August 22,1982 -Chief Minister, Mr. N.B. Bhandari inaugurated R.D.D. Complex at Jorethang.
- May 23, 1983 - The Eighth Finance Commission headed by Shri Y.B. Chavan visited Gangtok.
- June 13, 1983 - The
- January 16, 1984 - Enforcement of the Cardamom Act, 1965 (42 of 1965) for the benefit of the poor cardamom growers of Sikkim.
- April 7, 1984 - A pioneering collaboration was signed between Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology and Nalanda Mahavihara at Patna in the presence of Dr. A.R. Kidwai, Governor of Bihar and Mr. Homi J.H. Taleyarkhan, Governor of Sikkim for collaboration in matters relating to exchange of scholars, information and other literary data.
- May 11, 1984 - Mr. B B Gurung was sworn in as the third Chief Minister of Sikkim.
- May 25, 1984 - President Rule was imposed in Sikkim.
- June 17,1984 - Kona Prabhakar Rao was appointed as the third Governor of Sikkim.
- March 8, 1985 - Mr. N.B Bhandari was re-elected and sworn in as the Chief Minister of Sikkim once again.
- May 31,1985 - Shri. Bhisma Narain Singh was sworn in as the new Governor of Sikkim.
- October 7, 1987 - President Mr. R. Venkataraman inaugurated G.B. Pant Leprosy Hospital at Sajong, East Sikkim.
- October 9, 1988 - New Sikkim House was inaugurated in New Delhi.
By Seira Tamang As noted by various scholars, Hinduism, the Nepali language, the monarchy and a rastriya itihas (a chronicle of progress in which the dark era of Rana rule is contrasted with the enlightened, progressive and modern period of Panchayat rule) formed the core of the Panchayat regime’s national culture. The formation and consolidation of this national culture have required the expunging of uncomfortable facts and stories that might raise ambiguities and questions. While the selection of what and who is and is not acknowledged to exist (or at least exist in historically important ways) in official Nepali history is complex, social scientists have begun to provide more comprehensive historical accounts of the past through oral histories and re-readings of historical documents. Such accounts reveal how ordinary people lived in the past, and offer ways to think through how ‘history’ is crafted, shaped and managed in order to reflect ‘the reality’ best suited to the status quo, ...
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