Sikkim Kingdom applied to join China 149 times and was eventually annexed by India. Let me take a look at the lives of the people before the mysterious Sikkim Kingdom was annexed by India (photo)
Sikkim Kingdom is an independent monarchy country that existed between 1642 and 1975. Ruled by the hereditary Choika (king).
1861 The Kingdom of Sikkim is a country protected by Britain. In 1887, Britain forcibly occupied Sikkim . In 1947, India signed the Agreement on Maintaining the Status Status and in 1950, it became India's protector. In 1975, it was officially annexed by India and became a state of India. The 12th generation of Choiga (King) Paldon Dundup Namgarh was exiled to the United States and formed the Sikkim government in exile, claiming that it does not recognize India's rule over Sikkim. In 1982, Paldon Dundup Namgar died in New York, USA, and Wangchuk Tensing Namgar succeeded to the throne.
As a major land of Tibetan culture, Sikkim is closer to life in Tibet than Bhutan Kingdom . The demise of the mid-1970s marked another reshuffle in the Himalayas. Now let me share with you the lives of ordinary people in Sikkim photographed by European and American photographers in the 1960s and 1970s. Sikkim divides two ethnic groups: Aboriginal and immigrants. The indigenous people are the Bodhiya tribes and the Rebucha tribes. The immigrants are Nepal Hindus poor who migrated by British colonialists due to the reclaiming of land. Among them, the number of immigrants accounts for three-quarters of Sikkim, laying the groundwork for the Sikkim Indigenous Royal Family to be finally annexed by India.
Sikkim King and his American wife
1969 Sikkim little girl swings in the suburbs swings .
beat butter tea is a hard job, and this Sikkim woman doesn't feel tired at all.
May 1971 Sikkim man put yak Sikkim women weaving cloth.
A mother in the northern part of Sikkim is feeding her child, and the other child is looking at the camera in surprise.
A little girl in Sikkim was rubbing the wool thread, and this action was the same as our Kangba pastoral area.
In January 1970, a woman in Sikkim picked oranges on the tree. The canned oranges in Sikkim are very famous.
Sikkim woman is working, and at first glance she thought she was in Tibet.
Sikkim woman at the foot of the Himalayas looks as red as the apples on the plateau.
In the late 1960s, the Sikkim people pounded rice in . Sikkim produced rice abundantly. The name of Sikkim Tsai Mengxiong is the hometown of rice
May 1971 A man named Nobu and his family in northern Sikkim.
Sikkim family performs Buddhist activities for sick children.
Sikkim couple drank their own brewed Tibetan wine , and even the wine utensils were the same as those in Tibet.
Sikkim man draws, and he is naturally the content of Tibetan Buddhism.
OK, that’s all for today. Everyone is welcome to like and follow me. If you are interested in Sikkim, let’s talk about the history of the Sikkim Kingdom applying for 149 times to join China and finally annexed by India!
