The British Broadcasting Corporation,
July 13, 1994
Copyright 1994 The British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
July 13, 1994, Wednesday
SECTION: Part 3 Asia - Pacific; SOUTH ASIA; INDIA; FE/2046/A;
LENGTH: 140 words
HEADLINE: [7];
Punjab governor killed in plane crash
SOURCE: (a) Press Trust of India news agency, New Delhi, in English 1641 gmt
9 Jul 94
BODY:
Excerpts from report
Chandigarh, 9th July: The governor of India's northern state of Punjab, Surendra
Nath, and 12 others, were killed Saturday when a state government plane crashed
in a mountainous region of neighbouring Himachal Pradesh state, minutes after
taking off from here. The dead included nine members of his family. The crash,
which occurred around 0900 hrs IST (0330 hrs gmt), took the lives of three generations
of the 68-year-old governor's family... Punjab government officials said they
had no indication of any sabotage. However, a high-level inquiry was immediately
ordered by the state government. The Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
also ordered an inquiry into the crash ... Surendra Nath was also the governor
of Himachal Pradesh besides being the administrator of the union territory,
Chandigarh...
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