sikkim
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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.
The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:
Kingdom of Sikkim
Kingdom of Sikkim (Great Britain)
Kingdom of Sikkim (India)
Establishment
January 1643: The Kingdom of Sikkim (Classical Tibetan and Sikkimese: འབྲས་ལྗོངས། Drenjong), earlier known as Dremoshong (Classical Tibetan and Sikkimese: འབྲས་མོ་གཤོངས།, official name until 1800s), was a hereditary monarchy from 1642 to 16 May 1975 in the Eastern Himalayas. It was ruled by Chogyals of the Namgyal dynasty.
Chronology
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Expansion during the rule of Prithvi Narayan Shah in the Gorkha Kingdom.
January 1751: In the mid-18th century, Sikkim was invaded by Nepal (then the Gorkha Kingdom) and was under the Gorkha rule for more than 40 years.
Were a series of wars fought by the British East India Company in the Indian Subcontinent that resulted in the British conquest and colonial rule of the region.
2.1.Anglo-Nepalese War
Was a war between the Kingdom of Nepal and the British East India Company. .
2.1.1.Treaty of Sugauli
Was the treaty that ended the Anglo-Nepali War. Nepal lost one-third of its territory.
March 1816: The Treaty of Sugauli, signed following the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-16, established the boundary line of Nepal.
Was the partition of British India in two independent entities: India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority). This included the several princely states that were dependent on the British Colony.
August 1947: In 1947, Sikkim State remained independent as it did not join either Pakistan or India. The territory was under the rule of the Kingdom of Sikkim, with Chogyal Tashi Namgyal as the reigning monarch at the time.
January 1951: Indian protectorate on Sikkim in 1950.
January 1691: In the 1680s, Bhutan invaded Sikkim in pursuit of a rebellious local lord named Gyurme Namgyal. The conflict resulted in the Kingdom of Sikkim losing territory to the Khoshut Khanate in 1690.
February 1691: In the 1680s, Bhutan invaded Sikkim in pursuit of a rebellious local lord.
January 1701: In 1700, Bhutan invaded Sikkim.
February 1701: End of the Bhutanese invasion of Sikkim.
February 1861: In 1861, with the Treaty of Tumlong, Sikkim became a British protectorate.
May 1975: After disarming the palace, a referendum on the monarchy was held, in which the Sikkimese people overwhelmingly voted to abolish the monarchy, and the new parliament of Sikkim, led by Kazi Lhendup Dorjee, proposed a bill for Sikkim to become an Indian state, which was promptly accepted by the Government of India.
Disestablishment
May 1975: After disarming the palace, a referendum on the monarchy was held, in which the Sikkimese people overwhelmingly voted to abolish the monarchy, and the new parliament of Sikkim, led by Kazi Lhendup Dorjee, proposed a bill for Sikkim to become an Indian state, which was promptly accepted by the Government of India.
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