On the morning of April 6, 1975, KingChogyal of Sikkim heard the sound of Indian military trucks outside the gate of his palace.He ran to the window and saw that the palace was surrounded by Indian troops.At the same time, the sound of a machine gun was heard and Vasant Kumar Chhetri, who was stationed at the gate of the palace, was shot dead.It took less than half an hour for the 5,000 Indian troops deployed at the time to take control of the 243 security personnel stationed at the Sikkim capital.
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Dramatic:At 12:45 that day, Sikkim's status as an independent state was over.Chogyal informed the whole world through Ham RadioAnd, the emergency message was heard by a retired doctor living in a village in Britain and two others living in Japan and Sweden.Chogyal was then placed under house arrest.Delhi City Commissioner BS Das was having lunch the next day. At that moment, he received a call from Foreign Secretary Keval Singh and immediately went to see him.As soon as he reached the External Affairs Ministry, Kewal Singh gave him a warm welcome and said, "You are being sent to Gangtok immediately to take charge of the Sikkim government. You have only 24 hours to prepare." Raja Chogyal with PN Dhar.When he reached Gangtok by helicopter from Siliguri the next day, he was greeted by Kazi Landup Dorjee, an opponent of Chogyal, the Chief Secretary of Sikkim, the Commissioner of Police and representatives of the Indian Army.
The slave was taken to his residence on foot with the rally. The day before, he had asked for an appointment with Chogyal, but the king replied that he could only give him time by consulting an astrologer."It was just an excuse to show that he did not recognize me and my position," Das said.The next day Chogyal called Das but the atmosphere of that meeting was very bitter.Chogyal's first sentence was, "Mr. Das, don't be under the illusion that Sikkim is like the Goa you have occupied."He had tried hard to give Sikkim the same status as Bhutan."We are an independent sovereign nation. You must act in accordance with our constitution. India has given your service to our government. There should be no confusion in this matter and never try to suppress us. 'Raja Chogyal with Indira Gandhi
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sikkim historyःLandup Dorjee Khangsarpa, the first Chief Minister of Sikkim, remained the Chief Minister for only four years (May 14, 1975-August 17, 1975). Sikkim, a monarchical hill kingdom with a history of 300 years, is named after him at home and abroad for his allegiance to the traitor who merged with India. Today, Landup Dorji Khangsarpa is a name that is taken as a special tendency or character of handing over the country rather than just a name?
After India gained independence from British colonial rule, all the Rajputs or Rajwadas of India merged into the Unified Indian Union. The kingdoms of Hyderabad, Goa, Junagadh, Kashmir, etc. did not merge with India so easily. The situation in Sikkim changed when the British followed the policy they had established.
It is not that Sikkim did not hold a referendum on the question of annexation to India in the 1950s, but a referendum in favor of Sikkim's independent existence. Therefore, the leaders of independent India could not take any immediate steps in the process of merging Sikkim. On top of that, the first Prime Minister Pt. As Jawaharlal Nehru was a liberal world politician, he did not show any intention of 'eating Sikkim'. Therefore, the King of Sikkim (Chogyal) Tashi Namgyal had succeeded in maintaining the status of an independent state protected by India, which was the policy of the British.
Except for foreign security, foreign relations and communications, which were controlled from New Delhi, Sikkim's state power was independent in all matters. However, Sikkim State Congress (party) leaders have been in favor of the merger ever since. They used to chant 'Build a new Sikkim'. That party was against Chogyal and wanted a republic in Sikkim. The Indian influence in Sikkim was growing due to the Sikkim State Congress's internal efforts to merge with India and the republic.
The State Council was established in 1955 to administer constitutional rule in Sikkim, which lasted till 1973. During the Sino-Indian war of 1962 (2019), Sikkim was a hot topic for the Chinese. On the basis of being a Buddhist in Sikkim, he considered it a part of Tibet like Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh and he believed that it could not be a protected state of India. Due to this belief, minor clashes between the two countries continued and due to security reasons, Nathula Bhanjyang, which connects Sikkim and China, was closed by India till it was reopened in 2006 after 44 years. The border was reopened in 2005 after China recognized Sikkim as an "integral part of India".
King Tashi Namgyal, the protector of Sikkim, died of cancer in 1963, and his son Palden Thondrup Namgyal became the Chogyal (King) of Sikkim in 1965. After the death of the Prime Minister of India Nehru in 1964, Sikkim's misfortunes began. When Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister of India in 1966, she could not be as patient as Nehru. India became suspicious when Hope Cook, the American-born wife of New Chogyal, published an article in a journal saying that some of the property in East Sikkim had been taken during the British rule and should be returned. Yes, Dasha started from this point!
From the early 1970s, Landup Dorjee's call for the removal of the king from the Sikkim State Congress took a sudden turn. By 1973, the Congress had completely risen up against the court. The administration was disturbed. The relationship between Chogyal and Landup Dorjika was considered to be frozen. In order to bring the administration in the right place, India has given B.C. S. Das was appointed chief administrator. Disagreements between Chogyal and Landup became more pronounced during the election, which further weakened the monarchy. On September 4, 1974, Sikkim Congress leader Lendup Dorjee was appointed Chief Minister. However, constitutionally, Chogyal was the head of state of Sikkim. Despite being the head of state, Landup played a major role in India's appointment of BB Lal as the governor of Sikkim due to his anger with the king. All this was done on the basis of his correspondence, confessions and secret conversations with New Delhi. He called on the Indian Parliament to reduce Sikkim from being a protected state to annexation to India as a provincial state, calling the king cruel and tyrannical. An alleged referendum was also held on April 14, 1975, which gave a mandate to Sikkim to annex India. Sikkim had become the 22nd state of India on April 26, 1975, the same thing was formally declared on May 16, 1975. In the 32-member Sikkim Legislative Assembly, 20 MPs did not even know ABCD in English. But the announcement of the merger prepared by India was in English. It was decided that the declaration was passed unanimously without the understanding of the majority of the parliamentarians.
There was some remorse after the merger with Landup, which said, "Sikkim has not been eaten by India, Sikkim has got India." Even Ram Chandra Poudel (RC), a scholar and fluent speaker who supported Lendup, became a yogi due to remorse after the cat and started preaching Gita knowledge. In the previous cabinet of Sikkim, the participation of Bhutia-Lepcha caste was 15 while in New Sikkim it has decreased to 12. Central Service personnel are assigned to Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Forest Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) etc. in Sikkim.The intrusion was made in violation of Article 4, Sub-section 4 of the Establishment Rule, 1974.
The protesters, who had gone to New Delhi for a meeting after the cat, were shocked when the Delhi rulers waited for three days to meet them. He used respectful words, but he was welcomed coldly.
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