Treaty of Tumlong

Treaty of Tumlong

Signed	March 1861
Location	Tumlong
Condition	made Sikkim a "de facto" protectorate of the British Empire
Signatories	Sir Ashley Eden for British Empire and Sidkeong Namgyal for Sikkim
Parties	British Empire Sikkim
Language	English

The Treaty of Tumlong was a March 1861 treaty between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Sikkim in present-day north-east India. Signed by Sir Ashley Eden on behalf of the British and by the Sikkimese Chogyal, Sidkeong Namgyal when his father Tsugphud Namgyal refused to return from Tibet, the treaty secured protection for travellers to Sikkim and guaranteed free trade, thereby making the state a de facto British protectorate.^[1]