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The history of Sikkim begins with the indigenous Lepcha's contact with early Tibetan settlers.[1][2] Historically, Sikkim was a sovereign Monarchical State in the eastern Himalayas. Later a protectorate of India followed by a merger with India and official recognition as a state of India. Lepchas were the main inhabitants as well as the Rulers ...
In 1975, after the abrogation of Sikkim's monarchy, the Indian National Congress gained a majority in the 1977 elections. In 1979, after a period of instability, a popular ministry headed by Nar Bahadur Bhandari , leader of the Sikkim Sangram Parishad Party , was sworn in. Bhandari held on to power in the 1984 and 1989 elections.
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 ...
Chogyal. The Chogyal (" Dharma Kings", Tibetan: ཆོས་རྒྱལ, Wylie: chos rgyal) were the monarchs of the former Kingdom of Sikkim, which belonged to the Namgyal dynasty. The Chogyal was the absolute monarch of Sikkim from 1642 to 1973, and the constitutional monarch from 1973 to 1975, when the monarchy was abolished and the ...
1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum. A referendum on abolishing the monarchy was held in the Kingdom of Sikkim on 14 April 1975. [ 1 ] Official results stated the proposal was approved by 97.55% of voters with a turnout of about 63%, and resulted in the country becoming an Indian state.
Palden thondup Namgyal was born on 23 May 1923 at the Royal Palace, Park Ridge, Gangtok. [1] At six, he became a student at St. Joseph's Convent in Kalimpong, [2] but had to terminate his studies due to attacks of malaria. [3][4] From age eight to eleven he studied under his uncle, Rimpoche Lhatsun, in order to be ordained a Buddhist monk; he ...
Elisa Maria. Residence (s) Gangtok, Sikkim, India. Kazi Lhendup Dorjee (11 October 1904 – 28 July 2007 [1]), also spelled Lhendup Dorji or Lhendup Dorji Khangsarpa was an Indian politician who was the first chief minister of Sikkim from 1975 to 1979 after its union with India. [2] He was the first Prime Minister of Sikkim from 1974 to 1975.
On 10 April 1975 the Sikkim State Council, with the support of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, unanimously voted to abolish the monarchy and merge with India in order to obtain full Indian statehood. A referendum on this issue was set for 14 April.