18 May 2022 Sikkim State Foundation Day
Sikkim State Foundation Day – Today Current Affairs
- Sikkim Statehood Day was celebrated on 16 May 2022. Sikkim became the 22nd state of the Union of India on 16 May 1975.
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Events related to the joining of this Himalayan state into the Indian Union:
- Sikkim was ruled by the Namgyal dynasty till 1975. The first ‘Chogyal’ (king) of this dynasty was Phuntsog Namgyal.
- In the year 1950, three years after India’s independence, a treaty was signed between Sikkim and the Republic of India. Under the agreement, Sikkim retained its status as a ‘protected’ state within the Union of India.
- In September 1974, the Chogyals demanded a plebiscite in Sikkim. In this referendum, 97.5 percent of the participants voted in favor of joining India, while 45 percent voted against the proposal. The Hindu Analysis
- On May 15, 1975, the then President of India, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, signed a constitutional amendment, and a day later, Sikkim became the 22nd state of India; and with this the post of Chogyal was also abolished.
Related facts : The Hindu Analysis
- During the Anglo-Nepalese War/Gorkha War (1814 to 1816), Sikkim sided with the East India Company. The Company conquered Sikkim by defeating the Nepalese army in this war, and Nepal ceded the territories it had forcibly occupied by Sikkim back to Sikkim in 1780.
- Sikkim became a British protectorate under the Treaty of Tumlong signed in March 1861.
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