How Sikkim merges in India, Thanks to Ajit Doval
Sikkim is a landlocked state of India.It is Located in the Himalayan mountains.
Since 1642, Sikkim was under the rule of "Namgyal" dynasty. Phuntsog Namgyal was the first Chogyal of Sikkim in 1642.
After independence of India, Sikkim had retained guarantees of independence from Britain. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru agreed to a special status for Sikkim.
King of Sikkim Tashi Namgyal died in 1963 after suffering from cancer. His son Palden Thondup Namgyal became new Chogyal of Sikkim in 1965. This new king, was viewed by India as politically dangerous, due to his wife. His second wife Hope Cooke was American citizen. She was suspected to be a CIA agent. so India decided to take covert steps for the merger of Sikkim.
Indian government sent Ajit Doval as an undercover agent in Sikkim in 1970. He was assigned the job of merger of Sikkim in India. Ajit Doval succeed to unite small political parties of Sikkim under the leadership of Sikkim National Congress Party.
In 1975, Sikkim Prime minister Dorji appealed to the Indian Parliament for intervention.
On 14 April 1975, referendum was held, in which Sikkim voted to merge with the India with more than 95% votes. Sikkim became the 22nd Indian State on 26 April 1975.
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Since 1642, Sikkim was under the rule of "Namgyal" dynasty. Phuntsog Namgyal was the first Chogyal of Sikkim in 1642.
After independence of India, Sikkim had retained guarantees of independence from Britain. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru agreed to a special status for Sikkim.
King of Sikkim Tashi Namgyal died in 1963 after suffering from cancer. His son Palden Thondup Namgyal became new Chogyal of Sikkim in 1965. This new king, was viewed by India as politically dangerous, due to his wife. His second wife Hope Cooke was American citizen. She was suspected to be a CIA agent. so India decided to take covert steps for the merger of Sikkim.
Indian government sent Ajit Doval as an undercover agent in Sikkim in 1970. He was assigned the job of merger of Sikkim in India. Ajit Doval succeed to unite small political parties of Sikkim under the leadership of Sikkim National Congress Party.
In 1975, Sikkim Prime minister Dorji appealed to the Indian Parliament for intervention.
On 14 April 1975, referendum was held, in which Sikkim voted to merge with the India with more than 95% votes. Sikkim became the 22nd Indian State on 26 April 1975.
Sources :
1) Wikipedia.org
Images and motion pictures :
1) Pixabay.com
2) Freeimages.com
Music :
Cattails
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Intro and Outro Music :
Benjoshort (http://audionautix.com/)
Intro template : www.youtube.com/Alexbau01
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