![]() ![]() The British saw Sikkim as a buffer state against China and against Nepal, with whom they fought in the Anglo-Gorkha war of 1814-16, helping Sikkim secure a number of territories that Nepal had previously captured.Sandwiched between India and China, and often party to conflicts over land with Bhutan and Nepal, the British colonisation of India first led to a kind of formal relationship developing between the two states. Sikkim’s Chogyal dynasty was of Tibetan origin.The monarchy of the Namgyal dynasty was maintained for the next 333 years, until its integration with India in 1975.The kingdom of Sikkim was established in 1642, when, according to one account, three Tibetan lamas consecrated Phuntsong Namgyal as the first ruler or Chogyal of Sikkim. ![]() ![]() Why in News: Sikkim day is annually celebrated on May 16, recalling the history of the former kingdom’s integration with India in 1975, marking the day India’s the 22nd state joined the union. ![]()
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