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Bhutia woman with precious coral headdress, agate Buddhist prayer beads, turquoise earrings and silk chuba before 1915 in Darjeeling. The Bhutias (exonym; Nepali: भुटिया, "People from Tibet") or Drejongpas (endonym; Tibetan: འབྲས་ལྗོངས་པ་, Wylie: Bras-ljongs-pa, THL: dre-jong pa, "People of the Rice Valley") are a Tibetan ethnic group native to the Indian ...
Tinkitam was the birthplace of Indian football captain Baichung Bhutia. [1] Many members of his family continue to live in the village. [2] It is also the birthplace of the first female IAS officer from South Sikkim who is an Economic (Hons) graduate from St.Stephens (Delhi University), Tshering Yangden Bhutia. [3]
The Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee (SIBLAC) is a group striving for the political rights of ethnic groups of Sikkimese, Bhutia-Lepcha (BL) and Nepalis of Sikkimese origin. [8] In addition to the reservation for the BL in the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim, they argue for reservation in local body (panchayat) elections as well.
1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Tashiding [6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% SSP: Ugen Pritso Bhutia : 1,586 : 65.95% : New: INC: Dawgyal Pintso Bhutia 643 26.74% New: Independent: Sonam Yongda 119 4.95% New: Independent: Chungching Bhutia 38 1.58% New: Margin of victory 943 39.21% 24.54 Turnout: 2,405 64.60% 5.04 Registered electors ...
In Sikkim, Lepchas are known to use over 370 species of animals, fungi, and plants. [17] According to the Nepal Census of 2001, out of the 3,660 Lepcha in Nepal, 88.80% were Buddhists and 7.62% were Hindus. Many Lepchas in the Hills of Sikkim, Darjeeling and Kalimpong are Christians. [18] [4]
Majitar has a large population of Sikkimese Nepalese, Sikkimese Bhutia, Marwari and Bengali people. Although there are students from all over the country, mainly those from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Guwahati live at and Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Himalayan Pharmacy Institute Sikkimese Nepali is the predominant language but because of the presence of student from all over ...
The Lepcha reservation in Dzongu valley of north Sikkim [22] [23] is threatened by dam construction. [24] The Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee (SIBLAC), founded in 1999 is a tribal organisation that promotes the socio-politico-economic rights of the Bhutia and Lepcha people as detailed in Article 371F of the Indian Constitution. [25] [26]
2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election : Tumin–Lingee Party Candidate Votes % ±% SKM: Samdup Tshering Bhutia: 8,265 : 58.07% : 10.60 : SDF: Norzong Lepcha 4,177 29.35% 20.54 Citizen Action Party-Sikkim: Pema Gyalpu Bhutia 885 6.22% New: BJP: Passang Gyali Sherpa 593 4.17% New: INC: Samdup Lepcha 197 1.38% New: NOTA: None of the Above 115 ...