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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?" | |||||||
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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 | ||||||
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Today part of | India |
The Kingdom of Sikkim (Classical Tibetan and Sikkimese: འབྲས་ལྗོངས།, Drenjong), 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]