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The Kingdom of Sikkim ( Classical Tibetan and Sikkimese: འབྲས་ལྗོངས།, Drenjong ), officially Dremoshong (Classical Tibetan and Sikkimese: འབྲས་མོ་གཤོངས།) until the 1800s, was a hereditary monarchy in the Eastern Himalayas which existed from 1642 to 16 May 1975, when it was annexed [7] [8] [9] by ...
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The Kingdom of Sikkim was founded by the Namgyal dynasty in the 17th century. It was ruled by Buddhist priest-kings known as the Chogyal. It became a princely state of the British Indian Empire in 1890. Following Indian independence, Sikkim continued its protectorate status with the Union of India after 1947 and the Republic of India after 1950.
5 days ago · Sikkim, state of India, located in the northeastern part of the country, in the eastern Himalayas. Long a sovereign political entity, Sikkim became a protectorate of India in 1950 and an Indian state in 1975. It is of great strategical importance for India because of its location along several international boundaries.
The Kingdom of Sikkim, officially Dremoshong until the 1800s, was a hereditary monarchy in the Eastern Himalayas which existed from 1642 to 16 May 1975, when it was annexed by India. It was ruled by Chogyals of the Namgyal dynasty.
Feb 2, 2017 · Kuroski, John. "Inside Sikkim, The Lost Kingdom Of The Himalayas." AllThatsInteresting.com, February 2, 2017, https://allthatsinteresting.com/sikkim-kingdom. Accessed May 26, 2024. The Kingdom of Sikkim, nestled in the Himalayas, survived for centuries until its tragic end finally came in 1975.
