sikkim became a part of north east india in 1986.
sikkim became a part of north east india in 1986.
when did sikkim became a part of north east india?
1986
the first bhutia king of the namgyal dynasty was installed in sikkim in 1642.









































in the years that followed "greater sikkim" was established in the eastern himalayas.









































after 1700 the kingdom went into steady decline.









































the remainder of the kingdom was divided between china and britain in 1890 in a convention signed in calcutta.









































in 1950 sikkim became a protectorate of independent india.









































the monarchy was deposed in 1975 and sikkim became the 22nd state of india.









































sikkim was integrated as the eighth north eastern council state in 2002.









































the official languages are english, nepali, sikkimese and lepcha.
hill tribes of northeast india
sikkim became a state of india in 1975, after having been a british and then indian protectorate for nearly a century. even as a protectorate, indian troops were stationed in sikkim, because of the area's important role as a buffer zone against china, with which it shares a border. china did not clearly recognize sikkim as an indian state until the 2000s, and continues to lay claim to what india refers to as the northernmost "finger area" of sikkim. the sino-indian war of 1962 saw some fighting on the sikkimese border and from 1965 to 1967, indian and chinese forces clashed on the border, notably during the 1967 chola incident. more recently, there were small incursions and skirmishes around 2008. several units of the indian army and indo-tibetan border police are stationed in sikkim . historically, these troops have been drawn from other parts of india, and not from the local population.
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