Back مملكة سيكيم Arabic مملكة سيكيم ARY সিকিম রাজ্য Bengali/Bangla Sikkimské království Czech Königreich Sikkim German Βασίλειο του Σικίμ Greek Reino de Sikkim Spanish پادشاهی سیکیم Persian Sikkimin kuningaskunta Finnish Royaume du Sikkim French
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Kingdom of Sikkim འབྲས་ལྗོངས། (Sikkimese) Drenjong འབྲས་མོ་གཤོངས། (Classical Tibetan) Dremoshong ᰕᰚᰬᰯ ᰜᰤᰴ (Lepcha) Mayel Lyang | |
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| 1642–1975 | |
| Motto: "Oh, the jewel of creation is in the Lotus"[1] | |
| Anthem: Drenjong Silé Yang Chhagpa Chilo[2] "Why is Sikkim Blooming So Fresh and Beautiful?" | |
  Location and administrative map of the Kingdom of Sikkim before the annexation of India | |
| Status |
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| Capital | |
| Official languages | Chöke, Sikkimese |
| Common languages | Lepcha (early period), Dzongkha, Nepali (late period) |
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism Nepali Hinduism[5] |
| Demonym(s) | Drenjop, Sikkimese |
| Government | Absolute monarchy (until 1973) Parliamentary constitutional monarchy (1973–1975)[6] |
| Chogyal | |
• 1642–1670 (first) | Phuntsog Namgyal |
• 1963–1975 (last) | Palden Thondup Namgyal |
| Legislature | State Council of Sikkim |
| History | |
• Established | 1642 |
| 1680 | |
| 1700 | |
• Nepalese Invasion | 1776 |
• Treaty of Titalia signed | 1817 |
• Darjeeling given to British India | 1835 |
• Palden Thondup Namgyal forced to abdicate | 1975 |
• Merger with India | 16 May 1975 |
| Currency | Rupee |
| ISO 3166 code | SK |
| Today part of | India |
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The Kingdom of Sikkim (Classical Tibetan and Sikkimese: འབྲས་ལྗོངས།, Drenjong, Dzongkha: སི་ཀིམ་རྒྱལ་ཁབ།, Sikimr Gyalkhab, 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 India. It was ruled by Chogyals of the Namgyal dynasty.[10]
- ^ "Sikkim / Dämojong". Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Hiltz, Constructing Sikkimese National Identity 2003, pp. 80–81.
- ^ The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 25, page 89.
- ^ According to Article II of Convention of Calcutta, Sikkim was a direct protectorate of the British Government, not the British Indian government.
- ^ "Nepali speakers of Sikkim reflect on 'foreigners' label".
- ^ Sikkim votes to end monarchy & merge with India, nytimes.com. Accessed 11 April 2024.
- ^ "16th May 1975: The Kingdom of Sikkim and its Annexation with India". 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Did India have a right to annex Sikkim in 1975?". India Today. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ Abrahams, Pema (1 June 2023). "The Forgotten Kingdom". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ Marathe, Om (20 August 2019). "Explained: Sikkim, from Chogyal rule to Indian state". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.