Kingdom of Sikkim
Kingdom of Sikkim འབྲས་ལྗོངས། (Sikkimese) Drenjong འབྲས་མོ་གཤོངས། (Classical Tibetan) Dremoshong ᰕᰚᰬᰯ ᰜᰤᰴ (Lepcha) Mayel Lyang | |
|---|---|
| 1642–1975 | |
| Motto: "Oh, the jewel of creation is in the Lotus" | |
| Anthem: Drenjong Silé Yang Chhagpa Chilo "Why is Sikkim Blooming So Fresh and Beautiful?" | |
Location and administrative map of the Kingdom of Sikkim before the annexation of India | |
| Status |
|
| Capital | |
| Official languages | Chöke, Sikkimese |
| Common languages | Lepcha (early period), Dzongkha, Nepali (late period) |
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism Nepali Hinduism |
| Demonym(s) | Drenjop, Sikkimese |
| Government | Absolute monarchy (until 1973) Parliamentary constitutional monarchy (1973–1975) |
| Chogyal | |
• 1642–1670 (first) | Phuntsog Namgyal |
• 1963–1975 (last) | Palden Thondup Namgyal |
| Prime Minister | |
• 1949 (first) | Tashi Tshering |
• 1974-1975 (last) | Kazi Lhendup Dorji |
| Legislature | State Council of Sikkim |
| History | |
• Established | 1642 |
| 1680 | |
| 1700 | |
• Nepalese Invasion | 1776 |
• Treaty of Titalia signed | 1817 |
| 1835 | |
• Palden Thondup Namgyal forced to abdicate | 1975 |
• Merger with India | 16 May 1975 |
| Currency | Rupee |
| ISO 3166 code | SK |
| Today part of | India |
.svg){kind=link}
The Kingdom of Sikkim (Classical Tibetan and Sikkimese: འབྲས་ལྗོངས།, Drenjong, Dzongkha: སི་ཀིམ་རྒྱལ་ཁབ།, Sikimr Gyalkhab) 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 by India. It was ruled by Chogyals of the Namgyal dynasty.