In the mid-1970s I was working at a nonprofit book publisher in NYC. Our executive director position was open, and the former queen of Sikkim, Hope Cooke Nahuatl, applied and was one of the finalists for the job. No, her resume didn’t include the job of Queen but said she was the head of some royal cultural organization for the kingdom.
@greysonric I'm glad you corrected that👍 had me thinking this guy's got the wrong continent due to the "Mesoamerican" lady he struck up a conversation with😏😉😆😄😅😂😊thank you for the chuckle!
My grandma was doing peace corps in India, and she was able to meet the monarchs of Sikkim soon before the nation disappeared. Since she told me about the visit, I’ve been super interested in the country. Thank you for making the video!
It's a State now country is India That small kingdom landmass can't be country because Chinese is agressive You know Bhutan losses it's territory every year from Chinese agression
Some of the classical and medieval Indian empires were quite centralized for their time period, they just didn’t last. It’s mostly the same reason Italy didn’t unite for quite some time; other powers kept messing about in their peninsula. Foreign invasions from the Persians, mongols, the Timurids, and many others would come in long enough to sack a few cities and leave the empire of the week in north India unstable and prone to collapse.
There's something about Italy that people don't get from northern countries. Italy didn't have the "reconquista" where the northern Gothic German culture replaced the Semitic influence to the south. Italy was sandwitched by the Papal States in the middle so the northern Lombardian culture had much difficulty penetrating the south. Today the southern Italian lifestyle is reminiscent of Arab countries - wives live with in-laws, cuisine and art are more attractive than business and engineering, people are tribal and rely on impressing their own communities, families live together in a single home - these traits are generally un-European, let alone northern Italian.
@satyakisil9711 Wtf are you talking about ? Different lifestyle than the northerners ? More akin to North Africans ? You can say the same thing for Portugal, Spain, Greece, and the Balkan countries. Anyway what has Italy got to do with Sikkim ?
0:38 - It is a "State", not "province" . The term "State" in the Indian context reflects the federal structure of the country, emphasizing the semi-autonomous nature of its constituent units.
@@alexlehrersh9951 Nepal economy shrinking.... Seeking from IMF, e Literacy just 60%. GDP per capita 1,133 Meanwhile Indian state Sikkim GDP per capita 4,678 Literacy 80%
The Crown Prince of Sikkim, Tenzing Namgyal, was head of house when I went to Harrow; his younger brother, Wangchuk, was also in the house, and his cousin, Prince Shungden Yuthok, was one of half a dozen new boys joining with me - if I recall correctly he was one day younger than me. The annexation came as a real surprise, totally unexpected, but it was effectively in April 1973 when the Chogyal's reign as an absolute monarch was brought to an abrupt end, although it wasn't formalised until two years later as explained here. I recall a notice being pinned on the house noticeboard and Shungden (known as Tenzing) quickly leaving the school very early to go home to Sikkim. Tenzing, the Crown Prince, died in a car accident in 1978 and his younger brother, Wangchuk, became Crown Prince then later Chogyal (King) when his father died in 1982 - both were sons of the Chogyal's first wife, Sanyo Sangideki, who died young, not his second, Hope Cooke (100% an American, not a Canadian) who was divorced from the Chogyal in 1980, two years before he died. Wangchuk was crowned the 13th Chogyal in Sikkim after his father's death, but he's been a reclusive Buddhist monk since then, in Sikkim and Bhutan (he and the King of Bhutan are cousins).
India, a nation of 1400 Millions, has 65 % people living below poverty line while 225 Millions living in extreme poverty ... Wealth concentrated to fews, living in cities, seeping off blood of others ...Recent WFO Food Index published states that India lags by 20 countries, behind Bangladesh ...@@MrinangoCHAKRABORTY91033
@@MrinangoCHAKRABORTY9103 what does that have to do with the Comment?? He is telling about the faiths of the Monarchs not about if people are happy or not.
Great video, as always GK! I also really appreciate you giving a shoutout to the videos made by a lesser known TH-camr, and allowing people to also discover their content through your channel! I'm certain they'll appreciate it once they find out about it, and I can only wish more TH-camrs did that, especially for those of us who are struggling to find that initial base.
Its original name is "gantok" which means "top of the hill". Due to typical British accent its name turned to Gangtok in English and became widely used all over India. Try to speak Gantok in British accent you will realise.
Gantok/Gangtok is a beautiful place in the Himalayas. You have the view of Kanchanjungha (3rd highest peak in the world after Everast and K2) from anywhere in the city. Booze is tax free so cheap alcohol and is a very relaxing place to visit. I go every year for a week.
Fantastic video! I would recommend a History video explaining ‘Why was 🇲🇲Burma (now Myanmar) partitioned from 🇬🇧British India in 1937?’ - as it was British India’s largest province & there aren’t many videos explaining it, just like How you made a video about Why was 🇮🇳India partitioned into 🇵🇰Pakistan & 🇧🇩Bangladesh.
@@moonknight3594 tu kunthun aahes? I see you are a gamer. I also tried getting into the Pokemon game but it was a bit out of league for me. I mostly enjoy strategic games
@@lalitakumarimahaur2195 you are united by britishers ... Sikkimese people are more related to tibetan, chinese... it is not diversity . You force them to adopt your dirty culture by destroying their culture
@@newandold-l8r bro chill It's a state in India , which means it still is autonomous. Also it's not that big of a deal , these types of small kingdoms tend to be assimilated into neighbouring kingdoms more than being independent. Similar to how the 13 colonies got Texas or Cali or japan has ryuku islands or Spain has Catalunya or uk over malvinas/ falklands ,China over Tibet (and this one is more imp cause Tibet was a major player in the past) , Denmark over Greenland The only exceptions are the micronations who exist because mostly of their geography.
@@rainbow76578I am from Rajasthan and it was also a princely state. If Kings had not merged rajashthan into India then we would have overthrow King and merged rajashthan into India. Most of the princely states had signed instrument of accession even before independence. King of Mysore (present day Karnataka) was the first king who signed instrument of accession. Many of the PSUs which we know today was created by him only like HAL, GAIL and many more.
@@rainbow76578 I am from j&k basically from jammu region u may say all princely state would have joined without any prblm but the prblm only occured cuz of muslim people whether they want to join or not only muslim majority left by bfitisher whether they want to join or not we proud to be indian
@@shinchan-pt9rnMuslim majority is only in Small part of Kashmir while in Jammu which is Hindu majority and Ladakh which makes 2/3 part is Buddhist Majority
When India becomes a rival of the West after reaching perhaps 10 trillion GDP, you'll hear a lot of "Free Sikkim" chants just like "Free Tibet" now. The geopolitics of the region are about to blow up ...
@@VR36030maybe not because back in the day there was alot of free Tibet stuff goin on in the west but after China became powerful all of it just faded away
I had a copy of the 1979 Encyclopedia Britannica and in it's world maps, sikkim was like classified as a country, and ofc this is also the time USSR was still standing.
@@ChillkittzGTyes here in Indian books northan Ireland belongs to Ireland and Scotland showed as Independent country and its shows English forcefully holding back Scotts by keeping them under them by beaurocatic force !
@@moonknight3594 😂😂😂 savage Also don't forget the Anglo-saxon complete run over the culture and language of Wales even their flag doesn't have a mention in the uk flag and add to that they still own a bunch of different islands all across the globe including the malvinas/falklands Still can't get over the colonial hangover while countries like Norway and Poland are doing much better , also we know how you mock the Scott's for their thick accent
@MrinangoCHAKRABORTY9103 A Psycho speaking Big Words ... India, a nation of 1400 Millions, has 65 % people living below poverty line while 225 Millions living in extreme poverty ... Wealth concentrated to fews, living in cities, seeping off blood of others ...
Just came from a Sikkim tour today. The people are very nice and friendly. Sikkim feels quite independent from India, having its own border immigration. Loved it.
@@Roachh2877 no i meant like i need to pass through a separate immigration and get permit from sikkim gov to enter sikkim. havent seen this in any other states. i have gone to delhi, punjab, hp, up, haryana, rajastan, telangana and west bengal.
@@ArianIbraheemthat is Inner line permit which is required to visit Sikkim,arunachal pradesh, nagaland, mizoram, manipur, Meghalaya and tripura. This is even required for Indian also. This was given to those states to protect there local cultures. Although I don't support ILP and sixth schedule also.
3:59 - In 1849, the country was The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and it had 🇬🇧 as its flag. The flag you used is the flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain, which united with the Kingdom of Ireland in 1801.
0:27 when it comes to establishing countries, 1642 isn't 'a long time ago'. 1642 is relatively recent in the world of states. most of the countries of today were already known in one form or another back in 1642. even most of the very modern creations after decolonisation.
The seed of India's annexation of Sikkim was sown by British by demographic aggression by flooding Sikkim with Nepali as indigent labour. British had done to Sri Lanka which is led to current crisis of Tamil. Many Indians were taken to South Africa and to Central Americaan countries such was Guyana etc.
@gyadre They (Nepalis) were all over there in India. In other parts, they were in severe minority. Only in Sikkim they were a majority and also in the adjoining North Bengal in West Bengal state. They tried to establish a separate "Gorkhaland" state there (within the Indian Union, of course).
@@MrPoornakumar ofc why do you think momos sale 📈 in India and why do we lovingly call em momos . Literally the best momo stall in my town is Kathmandu momos 😊
@@MrPoornakumar The majority of nepali people we see in Sikkim is because of British as the original comment said. The British brought Nepalis from Nepal to sikkim and darjeeling to work as labourers but they brought huge amount of nepalis which also caused the population of bhutias and lepchas to become a minority in sikkim and darjeeling
@@User-wm1jf That I know. In so many perambulations through the NE India I came across hordes of Nepalis (Indian nationals of Nepalese origin). They are forever searching for their livelihood in the remotest corners (remotest locations of Kameng division, NEFA) & possess some "niche" skills (like sawing huge logs of big trees with ten-feet double-manned saws, to usable, straight planks) that make them indispensable in the region. It is they who populated the North Bengal (Darjeeling, Kurseong to Alipurduar) & made it a Gorkhaland.
I visited Sikkim and it is very beautiful two years ago during this time only, at the end of the year. The culture and of course the people being the highlights. And I was reminiscing about Sikkim right now and so this video.
Okinawa used to be independent. After WW2 the US held onto it for almost 30 years because it wasn't clear Japan had a right to it. The other Japanese territories of the time were returned to their original owners or granted independence with the exception of the former Ainu territories (basically Hokkaido) since they never had an internationally recognized government.
A kingdom established in 1642 can hardly be called ancient please. Today it is the fastest growing small state of the union of India with a TFR that matches Portugal
Sikkim went from being it's own country to becoming a state of another country. And it kept its name. I wonder how many other countries has that happened to.
We were all kingdoms at some point in time. Where I'm from, the state of Assam wasn't even assam and ruled just by one kingdom. Some places had barobhuyan kings and in some places we had Rajbongshi kings, some places were ruled by Ahom kings. The fact of the matter is, everyone had a mutual understanding that at some level we all share some similarities, cultural habits, religious activities, food, spices and whatnot and ultimately that made us a country. Way back in 13th or 14th century, people were still doing tirth Yatras right? They had to cross 15-20 different kingdoms to reach Badrinath or Puri or heck even Rameshwaram. It's fascinating.
When the British ruled India (Indian sub-continent), they administered some areas (40% to half the area) themselves and allowed native princely states to have (almost full) autonomy. The relationship was that of a vassal, in which the vassal takes care of the manpower needs of the suzerain (the viceroy) as well as meeting some substantial expenses in the Indian wars. Virtually there was no revenue accruing from these princely states and the prince-lings were left alone to enjoy all their earnings to lead lavish life-styles. The British policy was to advance the Imperial goals, but never to interfere in the nitty-gritty of administering the people. No such princely state is a "nation" in that respect, that would have a direct relationship with the (English) Crown. In that, most (if not all) these states belong to India & to the Indian people - that they'd revert to the Indians there, after the "lapse of paramountcy" (that happened in 1947, August 15). That throws up interesting questions. Do the two (successor) dominions inherit "all" the rights the (English) Crown enjoyed, as the English king or queen, concurrently happens to be the "emperor" of India? Or are there nuances in the relationship after the lapse of paramountcy? Can an entity (princely state) attempt to become an independent country (like what Maharaja of Kashmir attempted or Nizam of Hyderabad unsuccessfully did)? Do the people there, want to join India charting a common destiny? It happened with the tiny French & Portuguese possessions, where in, the people overthrew their regimes & declared independence, "to join India". The rule is the same for any princely state. India drew a hierarchy for internal administration, with the entities clustered under categories A, B & C. Sikkim was attached to the Indian Union (dominion of India) as Part D state. That was until her people overthrew their ruler & joined India.
True, Sikkim was ruled by bhutias who were from Bhutan and bhutias were even very population and discriminating majority lepchas and nepalis. It was the majority lepchas and nepalis who voted to join india. And they took right decision, otherwise they would had same fate which nepalis in Bhutan had. They would have forcely thrown from sikkim
@@abhinaysingh8306 These are local issues largely, projected though as National (which nation!) issues. What lurks in the back-ground is the notion that India is one nation (central government was run by the British & India later), that the British used well (rather better) & it paved the way for emerging India, as it is now. If you scratch the skin, every part of India throws up such issues that might threaten the Nation, India won't (as has happened in the NE post-independence) allow it & the pendency towards independence witnessed Balochistan issue. No other such issue popped up. Nation is upholding the integrity collectively. All agree on "this" point.
No doubt sikkimese chose the right path we can clearly see nepal, sri lanka and Pakistan today and sikkim is 2nd richest state in India after Goa. Even Bhutan is totally dependent on India as well they equalise their currency to Indian rupee thru a treaty hence their currency is stable and Indian military is protecting Bhutan.
@@darlenedagher7235people from other state can't go to sikkim without inner line permit, we can't buy land there then how it's police station. Majority of population of sikkim hated monarchy as they were bhutia from Bhutan who was minority in Sikkim. Go and read about history and mass exodus of nepalis from Bhutan. Same would had happen in Sikkim also and that's why nepalis and lepcha wanted to join india. Second thing, sikkim was not an independent country, they didn't even have a seat in UN.
@@abhinaysingh8306Lol..Now you are telling us the history of sikkim..who told you Bhutia is frm bhutan😂please go and get some knowledge please don't spread misinformation about our state🙏🏻
@@Denzongpa-j9d Hey Kuzan, can you please tell me at the time of merger what was the reaction of the native Bhutias and Lepchas and if there's still an animosity of natives with migrants gorkhas? - Biswa, from Odisha
@@biswaranjanmallick7407 The voting at that period was not fare. The majority of vote in favour of India was given by the nepali migrants who were living in Sikkim as workers. India promised them to give Indian citizenships, job opportunities, better livelihood which they were not getting under Namgyal regime. They voted for India and outnumbered the Lepchas, and Bhutias (natives of sikkim). Native people of sikkim did not struggle to be part of India, referendum was just a conspiracy of India to win over sovereign sikkim showing the world that everything is done according to Sikkimese choice. Even today, Sikkimese are silently unhappy only Nepalese who migrated from Nepal are happy.
@@G_FREAfter googling the meaning of Sikkim in internet,I found it in the Turkish language if you spell Sikkim without one (K), ie,Sikim it means MY DICK. I, hope now U understood.😅😂😊🕉️🔱🪱👹🔱👺🕉️
The Axom Dynasty came from what today is Myanmar. That's how vast and varied Indians are! Many Indian Tribals have Haplogroup that have origins in Caucasian Mountains. India is truly a melting pot.
@@johnnyearp52 Since it did not belong to India at that time, it was forcibly annexed and became a federation of India. Only then did you discover Sikkim, India.
@@zhifanlin707 I went to India in 1997-1998. I did NOT visit Sikkim. Sikkim was made a part of India the year I was born, 1975. So it was part of India all but 3 weeks of my life. I didn't know that it was forcibly annexed though.
I was once surprised when I noticed Sikkim is not an independent state. Since I remember it is one of the neighboring countries of China in my middle school textbook. But now I think I know better about why it was listed as independent in the first place...
This is weird because I was just researching this area of the world a few months ago and I realized there were really no TH-cam videos on Sikkim that were in English .
The funny thing is, Mainland China claims Sikkim always wanted to join China and did seek for help but China rejected it But I have a friend living there which told me they just regarded China as a neighbouring country and actually nobody wants to join them. And insisted the question should be: Were they happy with India. You just can't trust Mainland Chinese medias.😂😂😂
@@Kmr571-l8ynot Delhi centric. Out NCERT book is muslim centric. Our first 5 education minister was a hardcore Islamist who was buried in Saudi rather than india after his death. Have you read anything about Marathas, rajputs, and other Hindu empires in NCERT book?
Your statement is ignorant asf, do you have slightest idea of the history of it's neighbors? Which again would be factually wrong because it has always been part of India until 1700s when most of the kingdoms in India collapsed
Hi, there it was really nice to get a informative video about the sikkim chogyal rule until 70’s, can you please make a video about the Tripura manikya rule history and information details about curious & suggestion to spread the history of a northeastern region of Indian belt or the southeast asian kingdom who was never been a part of mughal invasion & british india control and according to sources it’s the only existing kingdom till date from the holy scriptures of mahabharat and want to know how it ended up merged as a state of republic of India/ Bharat
I'm debating whether or not to watch this video, given that according to the title, I am not the target audience. Some of us are old enough to remember Sikkim's absorption into India. Ok, Debate over, I would love to revisit this topic; I'll watch it. And I'm sure I'll learn something I didn't know.
It was the 90’s, before internet, during my middle school years. We had this “Asian countries” assignment in Geography class. One of us had an old atlas from the 70’s or something in which Sikkim was still independent. This led to confusion and some amusement, because the name of Sikkim is really suitable to make lame jokes in my language, Turkish. The thing is Sikkim pretty much sounds like “sikim” in Turkish, which means “my d***k”. But the officials tried to avoid this effect, so they wrote it as “Sıkkım”, similar letter, different pronunciation. Unfortunately this in turn sounds like “zıkkım” that means “unpleasant, poisonous or harmful fluid” and to lesser extent such food. The jokes abounded of course. In later years, the caption of a DVD subtitle having the word “Sikkim” has become a meme around here, of course with its original spelling and more profane meaning associated with that.
There are numerous other states in india which once used to be major players. For example 1 Chola king in present day state of Tamil nadu which are considered to be one of the longest kingdom by time of existence 2) ahom in northeast india (Odd compass has a very good video on it) 3) hyderabad which wasnt always independent but is still pretty unique 4) dozen or so city states in the thar desert, present day rajasthan and some parts of pakistan. These are just a few examples
There is no demand for independence tho.. Sikkim people are the most lucky people in South Asia. They get so much benefit from government it's crazy if you read about it. From taxes to schools to quotas in government institutions
@@jkmcgregor7797 only Kashmir valley is the weakest link..Punjab and especially naga don't want independence.. also lots of people misunderstand Punjabi independence.. do a little bit of research they wanted to introduce Anandpur resolution for their state. You can research it there's no mention of seperate state. Just Google Anandpur resolution, Indian government just wanted to frame them as separatist for their personal gain...
@@jkmcgregor7797 you westoid read a article on Wikipedia and think you know everything... Nagaland recorded more than 87% voter turnout in 2014 Indian general election which was highest voters turnout in India which Indian authorities consider as faith of Naga people in democracy of India. They wouldnt vote for bjp if they want independence. Even the party which wanted independence in the past is in coalition government with current rulling party.. you would not find a single article where you will see people of nagas wanting separate country.. like they would survive in middle of India and mayanmar with their dozens of different tribe which hate each other.
@@amanrautx jammu 10 districts out which 6 are with the valley and kargil is with the valley in any referendum so majority is for independence .nagas want independence and have their own independence day .the sikhs may have had resolution but after 1984 its independence
Nope, India didn't forcefully invaded sikkim unlike china did to tibet, republic of east turkestan, souhtern mongolia, manchuria, yannan. Sikkim asked India to be a state of India. India granted it.
Kingdom of Lanna, Patani Kingdom, Mueang Ho Kham Chiang Rung (Chiang Hung State), Sip Song Chau Tai (Tai Federation), Meuang Phuan (Principality of Phuan), Kingdom of Sarawak, Kingdom of Bali, Sultanate of Yogyakarta
There was also Hyderabad (now part of India), from 1724-1948, which was larger than England. It was invaded by India in 1948 and was even a UN observer state. Most Indians themselves don't know about it.
Sikkim territory is of major importance because of the Sino-Indian conflict. If you notece in the map, India menaged to keep China on the northern side of the Himalayas, but if Sikkim became Chinese, they will have access to the Indo-Gangetic Plane which would make a significant change in the geopolitics.
Our PM Indira Gandhi was very visionary and intelligent. She divided pakistan into two country which was the best thing she did. Under her only, we first tested our nuclear weapon and sikkim was also merged in india under her only.
Indian state Sikkim is far developed, economically stable, than NEP, BHU. Sikkim's education system, roads, infrastructure is far better than Nepal, Bhu, Ban
@@debkalpapal2682because for every one rupee sikkim give to central government, it receives 14-20 rupees from central government which is highest in india.
Sir that's a wonderful video that I have seen today My question is was the relationship of the British Raj with Bhutan was similar to that of with Sikkim's or was it a bit different since after independence of India both Sikkim and Bhutan were given similar protectorate status but still it was Sikkim who lost it's independent status while Bhutan survived as an beautiful independent nation
Bhutan was far more independent and autonomous then sikkim was, in addition as the video explains the main reason, or crisis, that made sikkim lose independence was because the majority of the population was not native and instead recent generational immigrants that had no love for sikkim royalty, so india just came in and annexed it without much issue. Basically the national identity of Sikkim died with a super majority not even being native in their hyper small nation,while Bhutan never lost its national identity.
Oh and while beautiful Bhutan does not actually rate that high in the “national happiness index” like people claim and is a horrible place to live in while being a playground for billionaires.
@@AL-lh2htmakes sense because even geographically Nepal is more attached to Sikkim compared to Bhutan that's why the Nepali migration happened while the border between Bhutan and Sikkim is largely disconnected by Tibet and also as a matter of fact that Bhutan in itself is an extrem isolated land and have acted as a buffer zone while Sikkim wasn't much isolated since it has the Nathu La pass which is in fact one of the most important area for the ancient silk route
@@AL-lh2htanother fact is what I have read that Jawaharlal Nehru himself have said that "Bhutan is in a sense like an Independent nation but with the protection of India while Sikkim is in a sense an Indian state but with special status"
5:04 what do you mean china negotiating on Tibet's behalf? It's like like saying Portugal negotiating on the Azore's behalf... Tibet was part of Qing China...
All Asia knows this country, swallowed by its big neighbour. Portugal should also know, as Goa, a Portuguese colony in india , was retaken by India using brute force instead of negotiation. 😮
It's bad for a country to be friends with India, but it is fatal to be in alliance with India because the country might end up annexed like Sikkim, or lose its sovereignty like Bhutan. Maldives is lucky to have this smart present President who realized it just in time.
@@PajeetDoodiemanYes that true Even Chinese admits it China i have seen Lac myself China retreated 20kms from actual lac which existed in 1960 Aksai chin was occupied by china in 1950s only When sinkiang tibet road constructed
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In the mid-1970s I was working at a nonprofit book publisher in NYC. Our executive director position was open, and the former queen of Sikkim, Hope Cooke Nahuatl, applied and was one of the finalists for the job. No, her resume didn’t include the job of Queen but said she was the head of some royal cultural organization for the kingdom.
Namgyal got autocorrected
@greysonric I'm glad you corrected that👍 had me thinking this guy's got the wrong continent due to the "Mesoamerican" lady he struck up a conversation with😏😉😆😄😅😂😊thank you for the chuckle!
She was a CIA agent
My grandma was doing peace corps in India, and she was able to meet the monarchs of Sikkim soon before the nation disappeared. Since she told me about the visit, I’ve been super interested in the country. Thank you for making the video!
It didn't disappear, it still exists 😂, go and visit Sikkim, just it's status changed to Indian state.
It's a State now
country is India
That small kingdom landmass can't be country because Chinese is agressive
You know Bhutan losses it's territory every year from Chinese agression
@@NewstatePlayer100Bhutan that doesn’t recognize china as a country: 🗿
Wait how Sikkim disappeared? Are you high on sometime!! It's status only changed to an Indian State
@@heyheywhatup you need to accept it mate
You don't even have military the weak suffers the strong get over the hardships
Sikkim is the first Indian state to switch to 100 percent organic farming.
Whatever the hell that is suppose to mean.
@@AL-lh2htit means they switched to organic farming
@@Istrianprincesshow very kind of you to break it down for him!
@jen_sen8508 With 1.4B people to feed, I seriously doubt India will be able to produce 100% of the food needed organically.
Well, because they are part of India, perhaps it won't be as huge and as clusterous a disaster as Sri Lanka doing the same thing.
A video explaining why it took so much longer for a centralized Italian state to form compared to Spain and France would be interesting .
Some of the classical and medieval Indian empires were quite centralized for their time period, they just didn’t last. It’s mostly the same reason Italy didn’t unite for quite some time; other powers kept messing about in their peninsula. Foreign invasions from the Persians, mongols, the Timurids, and many others would come in long enough to sack a few cities and leave the empire of the week in north India unstable and prone to collapse.
There's something about Italy that people don't get from northern countries. Italy didn't have the "reconquista" where the northern Gothic German culture replaced the Semitic influence to the south. Italy was sandwitched by the Papal States in the middle so the northern Lombardian culture had much difficulty penetrating the south.
Today the southern Italian lifestyle is reminiscent of Arab countries - wives live with in-laws, cuisine and art are more attractive than business and engineering, people are tribal and rely on impressing their own communities, families live together in a single home - these traits are generally un-European, let alone northern Italian.
Funnily enough I have their flag!! I never knew what it was until now!
@thezoldics7648 that still counts as annexation.
@satyakisil9711 Wtf are you talking about ? Different lifestyle than the northerners ? More akin to North Africans ? You can say the same thing for Portugal, Spain, Greece, and the Balkan countries. Anyway what has Italy got to do with Sikkim ?
0:38 - It is a "State", not "province" . The term "State" in the Indian context reflects the federal structure of the country, emphasizing the semi-autonomous nature of its constituent units.
Proud to be Bhutia, proud to be Sikkimese, proud to be Indian🇮🇳❤️
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@@alexlehrersh9951 Nepal economy shrinking.... Seeking from IMF, e
Literacy just 60%. GDP per capita 1,133
Meanwhile Indian state Sikkim
GDP per capita 4,678
Literacy 80%
Love to Sikkim from Haryana ❤❤, I have a friend who's from Sikkim 😊
@@alexlehrersh9951 you must be a ccp comrade😂😂, wanna know how much gutter oil they give you😂
@@alexlehrersh9951you are
The Crown Prince of Sikkim, Tenzing Namgyal, was head of house when I went to Harrow; his younger brother, Wangchuk, was also in the house, and his cousin, Prince Shungden Yuthok, was one of half a dozen new boys joining with me - if I recall correctly he was one day younger than me.
The annexation came as a real surprise, totally unexpected, but it was effectively in April 1973 when the Chogyal's reign as an absolute monarch was brought to an abrupt end, although it wasn't formalised until two years later as explained here. I recall a notice being pinned on the house noticeboard and Shungden (known as Tenzing) quickly leaving the school very early to go home to Sikkim.
Tenzing, the Crown Prince, died in a car accident in 1978 and his younger brother, Wangchuk, became Crown Prince then later Chogyal (King) when his father died in 1982 - both were sons of the Chogyal's first wife, Sanyo Sangideki, who died young, not his second, Hope Cooke (100% an American, not a Canadian) who was divorced from the Chogyal in 1980, two years before he died.
Wangchuk was crowned the 13th Chogyal in Sikkim after his father's death, but he's been a reclusive Buddhist monk since then, in Sikkim and Bhutan (he and the King of Bhutan are cousins).
Sikkim is India's state.... Sikkimese are happy... And having better life. Nobody is making noise. They just want to live peacefully
@@MrinangoCHAKRABORTY9103 🤡
India, a nation of 1400 Millions, has 65 % people living below poverty line while 225 Millions living in extreme poverty ...
Wealth concentrated to fews, living in cities, seeping off blood of others ...Recent WFO Food Index published states that India lags by 20 countries, behind Bangladesh ...@@MrinangoCHAKRABORTY91033
@@MrinangoCHAKRABORTY9103 what does that have to do with the Comment?? He is telling about the faiths of the Monarchs not about if people are happy or not.
@@debasishgoswami9896 Note how any annexing power says similar stuff when someone questions the annexation...
Great video, as always GK! I also really appreciate you giving a shoutout to the videos made by a lesser known TH-camr, and allowing people to also discover their content through your channel! I'm certain they'll appreciate it once they find out about it, and I can only wish more TH-camrs did that, especially for those of us who are struggling to find that initial base.
I love this one. For a long time there were three Himalayan states, Nepal, Bhutan and Sikkim, now there’s only two :)
I eat Richie
Also Tibet
Soon India will also forcefully occupy Bhutan.
@@KamalUddin-zd4cwWhat about Tibet? China already forcefully occupied Tibet.
@@KamalUddin-zd4cwno India won't
Who told you that lmfao
I love my country and I am proud to be from Sikkim.
It has been my luck to have visited and can confirm it is a wonderful place. So much culture and history in a beautiful place.
The king of Sikkim still lives a good life.
He is a diplomat now
The king of sikkim isn't a diplomat, he isn't involved in politics at all
Gangtok is beautiful. Would love to visit one day!
Its original name is "gantok" which means "top of the hill". Due to typical British accent its name turned to Gangtok in English and became widely used all over India. Try to speak Gantok in British accent you will realise.
Its the most relaxing place in the entirety of india, i recommend trying it, its quite cheap too!
Gantok/Gangtok is a beautiful place in the Himalayas. You have the view of Kanchanjungha (3rd highest peak in the world after Everast and K2) from anywhere in the city. Booze is tax free so cheap alcohol and is a very relaxing place to visit. I go every year for a week.
Fantastic video! I would recommend a History video explaining ‘Why was 🇲🇲Burma (now Myanmar) partitioned from 🇬🇧British India in 1937?’ - as it was British India’s largest province & there aren’t many videos explaining it, just like How you made a video about Why was 🇮🇳India partitioned into 🇵🇰Pakistan & 🇧🇩Bangladesh.
I second this idea for a video. I've always assumed it was an ethnicity thing, but I really don't know much about it.
simply divide and conquer.
It's Brits what to expect. They where basically broke at that point so controlling our country India was hard for them so split it up.
@@rizkyadiyanto7922
There was nothing there to divide. Indian mini empire actually united the 'never been-united' regions under one dominion.
@@hawkingdawking4572 united india itself is the proof of "conquer" in divide and conquer.
My wife is Sikkimese so I have a connection to The Kingdom of Sikkim now. I get to enjoy their hospitality whenever I visit my in-laws.
Massage parlors' regular customer spotted😂
@@yogeshshinde406 don't make a fool of yourself in public. Asach Marathi loka apli izzat ghalavtat.
@@yatriprasadMarathi ? Mastach !
@@moonknight3594 ho Marathi. Dhanyawad. 😊
@@moonknight3594 tu kunthun aahes? I see you are a gamer. I also tried getting into the Pokemon game but it was a bit out of league for me. I mostly enjoy strategic games
What a beautiful location it is in India. A must visit place ❤
In occupied india 😂😂😂😂
@@newandold-l8r Yes, india acupied your mother and sister. 😝😝
@@newandold-l8rhey we all Indian' s are diverse, yes alot of people are divided by border which was drawn by Britisher' s.
@@lalitakumarimahaur2195 you are united by britishers ... Sikkimese people are more related to tibetan, chinese... it is not diversity . You force them to adopt your dirty culture by destroying their culture
@@newandold-l8r bro chill
It's a state in India , which means it still is autonomous.
Also it's not that big of a deal , these types of small kingdoms tend to be assimilated into neighbouring kingdoms more than being independent. Similar to how the 13 colonies got Texas or Cali or japan has ryuku islands or Spain has Catalunya or uk over malvinas/ falklands ,China over Tibet (and this one is more imp cause Tibet was a major player in the past) , Denmark over Greenland
The only exceptions are the micronations who exist because mostly of their geography.
Many independent Kingdoms were invaded by india after british Left british raj india..
@coginito8365 which state?
@@rainbow76578I am from Rajasthan and it was also a princely state. If Kings had not merged rajashthan into India then we would have overthrow King and merged rajashthan into India.
Most of the princely states had signed instrument of accession even before independence.
King of Mysore (present day Karnataka) was the first king who signed instrument of accession. Many of the PSUs which we know today was created by him only like HAL, GAIL and many more.
@@rainbow76578 I am from j&k basically from jammu region u may say all princely state would have joined without any prblm but the prblm only occured cuz of muslim people whether they want to join or not only muslim majority left by bfitisher whether they want to join or not we proud to be indian
@@shinchan-pt9rnMuslim majority is only in Small part of Kashmir while in Jammu which is Hindu majority and Ladakh which makes 2/3 part is Buddhist Majority
Finally a video that talks about Sikkim. I cannot thank you enough
In 2003 China recognized India's sovereignty over Sikkim, in exchange for India's recognition of China's sovereignty over Tibet. What a farce.
When India becomes a rival of the West after reaching perhaps 10 trillion GDP, you'll hear a lot of "Free Sikkim" chants just like "Free Tibet" now.
The geopolitics of the region are about to blow up ...
@@VR36030maybe not because back in the day there was alot of free Tibet stuff goin on in the west but after China became powerful all of it just faded away
可以说我们政府出卖了领土
Very good video! I’ve enjoyed a lot! Thanks a bunch!
I had a copy of the 1979 Encyclopedia Britannica and in it's world maps, sikkim was like classified as a country, and ofc this is also the time USSR was still standing.
Kashmir was also listed as like a separate country in there too, tho it's also listed as a region jointly owned by india & pakistan respectively.
What we can expect invaders Europe
Divide and rule and create lines in maps
@@ChillkittzGTyes here in Indian books northan Ireland belongs to Ireland and Scotland showed as Independent country and its shows English forcefully holding back Scotts by keeping them under them by beaurocatic force !
@@moonknight3594 😂😂😂 savage
Also don't forget the Anglo-saxon complete run over the culture and language of Wales even their flag doesn't have a mention in the uk flag
and add to that they still own a bunch of different islands all across the globe including the malvinas/falklands
Still can't get over the colonial hangover while countries like Norway and Poland are doing much better , also we know how you mock the Scott's for their thick accent
@@ChillkittzGTin india, USA, Canada and Australia are show as land forcefully occupied by Anglo saxons of England.
you should do a video about the autonomous prefectures of china
What an interesting video! I hope to learn more about various countries like this one!
Sikkim isn't a country. They're having better life in India than those NEP, BHU, BAN, PAK. Look at their conditions
@MrinangoCHAKRABORTY9103
A Psycho speaking Big Words ...
India, a nation of 1400 Millions, has 65 % people living below poverty line while 225 Millions living in extreme poverty ...
Wealth concentrated to fews, living in cities, seeping off blood of others ...
Just came from a Sikkim tour today. The people are very nice and friendly. Sikkim feels quite independent from India, having its own border immigration. Loved it.
Himachal, Pradesh, Lakshadweep, NE states have land laws where outsiders can't buy land.
It's not unique to Sikkim only.
@@Roachh2877 no i meant like i need to pass through a separate immigration and get permit from sikkim gov to enter sikkim. havent seen this in any other states. i have gone to delhi, punjab, hp, up, haryana, rajastan, telangana and west bengal.
@@ArianIbraheem
That's the ILP
Inner line permit.
Some areas of India has that
thats the reason why those states are relatively cleaner and dont have pan spitted on everywhere@@Roachh2877
@@ArianIbraheemthat is Inner line permit which is required to visit Sikkim,arunachal pradesh, nagaland, mizoram, manipur, Meghalaya and tripura. This is even required for Indian also. This was given to those states to protect there local cultures.
Although I don't support ILP and sixth schedule also.
What an incredible story! Loved your video, as always!
May I suggest a video on the Mapuche claims against the Spanish and Chilean rule?
Thanku for making video about Sikkim our beautiful Sikkim ❤️
3:59 - In 1849, the country was The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and it had 🇬🇧 as its flag. The flag you used is the flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain, which united with the Kingdom of Ireland in 1801.
0:27 when it comes to establishing countries, 1642 isn't 'a long time ago'. 1642 is relatively recent in the world of states. most of the countries of today were already known in one form or another back in 1642. even most of the very modern creations after decolonisation.
Brilliant! Thank you!
Keep up the good work. Great video.
The seed of India's annexation of Sikkim was sown by British by demographic aggression by flooding Sikkim with Nepali as indigent labour. British had done to Sri Lanka which is led to current crisis of Tamil. Many Indians were taken to South Africa and to Central Americaan countries such was Guyana etc.
@gyadre
They (Nepalis) were all over there in India. In other parts, they were in severe minority. Only in Sikkim they were a majority and also in the adjoining North Bengal in West Bengal state. They tried to establish a separate "Gorkhaland" state there (within the Indian Union, of course).
@@MrPoornakumar ofc why do you think momos sale 📈 in India and why do we lovingly call em momos .
Literally the best momo stall in my town is Kathmandu momos 😊
@@Kmr571-l8ytrue, nepalis make best momos in this world. I love momos
@@MrPoornakumar The majority of nepali people we see in Sikkim is because of British as the original comment said. The British brought Nepalis from Nepal to sikkim and darjeeling to work as labourers but they brought huge amount of nepalis which also caused the population of bhutias and lepchas to become a minority in sikkim and darjeeling
@@User-wm1jf
That I know. In so many perambulations through the NE India I came across hordes of Nepalis (Indian nationals of Nepalese origin). They are forever searching for their livelihood in the remotest corners (remotest locations of Kameng division, NEFA) & possess some "niche" skills (like sawing huge logs of big trees with ten-feet double-manned saws, to usable, straight planks) that make them indispensable in the region.
It is they who populated the North Bengal (Darjeeling, Kurseong to Alipurduar) & made it a Gorkhaland.
I visited Sikkim and it is very beautiful two years ago during this time only, at the end of the year. The culture and of course the people being the highlights. And I was reminiscing about Sikkim right now and so this video.
Okinawa used to be independent. After WW2 the US held onto it for almost 30 years because it wasn't clear Japan had a right to it. The other Japanese territories of the time were returned to their original owners or granted independence with the exception of the former Ainu territories (basically Hokkaido) since they never had an internationally recognized government.
A kingdom established in 1642 can hardly be called ancient please.
Today it is the fastest growing small state of the union of India with a TFR that matches Portugal
could you do a video about countries and their unlikely allies like India and russia?
singapore and serbia.
India and russia are allies tho? Because the soviets helped in the indo-pakistani war
Kosovo and serbia.
I lived in Sikkim and did my undergrad from there. I absolutely love Sikkim
Sikkim went from being it's own country to becoming a state of another country. And it kept its name. I wonder how many other countries has that happened to.
Hawaii, Texas, and California were all previously independent countries.
@@Raja1938 So was vermont
Hyderabad was a kingdom now capital city of Telugana i guess. And Portugal Goa(not colony part of Portugal).
Many American states were independent countries 😅
@@vinaymann838like Texas which is Mexicano but if I talk trash to gays of European or they ancestors Invader
They will be madass😂
Merry Christmas mate!! See you in the new year!!
The same goes with the Tripura Kingdom of the Manikya Dynasty. A least-known fact today.
We were all kingdoms at some point in time. Where I'm from, the state of Assam wasn't even assam and ruled just by one kingdom. Some places had barobhuyan kings and in some places we had Rajbongshi kings, some places were ruled by Ahom kings. The fact of the matter is, everyone had a mutual understanding that at some level we all share some similarities, cultural habits, religious activities, food, spices and whatnot and ultimately that made us a country. Way back in 13th or 14th century, people were still doing tirth Yatras right? They had to cross 15-20 different kingdoms to reach Badrinath or Puri or heck even Rameshwaram. It's fascinating.
When the British ruled India (Indian sub-continent), they administered some areas (40% to half the area) themselves and allowed native princely states to have (almost full) autonomy. The relationship was that of a vassal, in which the vassal takes care of the manpower needs of the suzerain (the viceroy) as well as meeting some substantial expenses in the Indian wars. Virtually there was no revenue accruing from these princely states and the prince-lings were left alone to enjoy all their earnings to lead lavish life-styles. The British policy was to advance the Imperial goals, but never to interfere in the nitty-gritty of administering the people. No such princely state is a "nation" in that respect, that would have a direct relationship with the (English) Crown. In that, most (if not all) these states belong to India & to the Indian people - that they'd revert to the Indians there, after the "lapse of paramountcy" (that happened in 1947, August 15).
That throws up interesting questions. Do the two (successor) dominions inherit "all" the rights the (English) Crown enjoyed, as the English king or queen, concurrently happens to be the "emperor" of India? Or are there nuances in the relationship after the lapse of paramountcy? Can an entity (princely state) attempt to become an independent country (like what Maharaja of Kashmir attempted or Nizam of Hyderabad unsuccessfully did)? Do the people there, want to join India charting a common destiny? It happened with the tiny French & Portuguese possessions, where in, the people overthrew their regimes & declared independence, "to join India". The rule is the same for any princely state.
India drew a hierarchy for internal administration, with the entities clustered under categories A, B & C. Sikkim was attached to the Indian Union (dominion of India) as Part D state. That was until her people overthrew their ruler & joined India.
True, Sikkim was ruled by bhutias who were from Bhutan and bhutias were even very population and discriminating majority lepchas and nepalis. It was the majority lepchas and nepalis who voted to join india.
And they took right decision, otherwise they would had same fate which nepalis in Bhutan had. They would have forcely thrown from sikkim
@@abhinaysingh8306
These are local issues largely, projected though as National (which nation!) issues.
What lurks in the back-ground is the notion that India is one nation (central government was run by the British & India later), that the British used well (rather better) & it paved the way for emerging India, as it is now.
If you scratch the skin, every part of India throws up such issues that might threaten the Nation, India won't (as has happened in the NE post-independence) allow it & the pendency towards independence witnessed Balochistan issue. No other such issue popped up. Nation is upholding the integrity collectively. All agree on "this" point.
No doubt sikkimese chose the right path we can clearly see nepal, sri lanka and Pakistan today and sikkim is 2nd richest state in India after Goa. Even Bhutan is totally dependent on India as well they equalise their currency to Indian rupee thru a treaty hence their currency is stable and Indian military is protecting Bhutan.
@@darlenedagher7235lol in India u have freedom to do all ! And Sikkim is tax free state 😂
@@darlenedagher7235people from other state can't go to sikkim without inner line permit, we can't buy land there then how it's police station. Majority of population of sikkim hated monarchy as they were bhutia from Bhutan who was minority in Sikkim.
Go and read about history and mass exodus of nepalis from Bhutan. Same would had happen in Sikkim also and that's why nepalis and lepcha wanted to join india.
Second thing, sikkim was not an independent country, they didn't even have a seat in UN.
@@abhinaysingh8306Lol..Now you are telling us the history of sikkim..who told you Bhutia is frm bhutan😂please go and get some knowledge please don't spread misinformation about our state🙏🏻
@@Denzongpa-j9d Hey Kuzan, can you please tell me at the time of merger what was the reaction of the native Bhutias and Lepchas and if there's still an animosity of natives with migrants gorkhas? - Biswa, from Odisha
@@biswaranjanmallick7407 The voting at that period was not fare. The majority of vote in favour of India was given by the nepali migrants who were living in Sikkim as workers. India promised them to give Indian citizenships, job opportunities, better livelihood which they were not getting under Namgyal regime. They voted for India and outnumbered the Lepchas, and Bhutias (natives of sikkim). Native people of sikkim did not struggle to be part of India, referendum was just a conspiracy of India to win over sovereign sikkim showing the world that everything is done according to Sikkimese choice. Even today, Sikkimese are silently unhappy only Nepalese who migrated from Nepal are happy.
Great video. Always wondered about that regions history. Always wondered about why 1975 why so late. Thanks 👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Great video , thanks
The name is an absolute riot for Turkic people
What does it mean?
@@G_FRE it means "my dick" it just got an extra "k"
@@G_FREbasically sikkim mean f*ck
@@G_FRE F*ck"ng
@@G_FREAfter googling the meaning of Sikkim in internet,I found it in the Turkish language if you spell Sikkim without one (K), ie,Sikim it means MY DICK.
I, hope now U understood.😅😂😊🕉️🔱🪱👹🔱👺🕉️
Thanks for covering one of my favourite countries in the world
👋🏻👴🏼
The Axom Dynasty came from what today is Myanmar. That's how vast and varied Indians are!
Many Indian Tribals have Haplogroup that have origins in Caucasian Mountains.
India is truly a melting pot.
@abc_cba
It was really a melting pot, about two thousand years ago. And again when the Central Asians took over the rule.
Ahoms didn't come from Myanmar. They came from Yunnan currently occupied by chyna
I have heard of Sikkim before, and I am American.
Me too. Although I did visit India but not the area Sikkim is in.
@@johnnyearp52 Since it did not belong to India at that time, it was forcibly annexed and became a federation of India. Only then did you discover Sikkim, India.
@@zhifanlin707 I went to India in 1997-1998. I did NOT visit Sikkim. Sikkim was made a part of India the year I was born, 1975. So it was part of India all but 3 weeks of my life. I didn't know that it was forcibly annexed though.
I remember it cuz in Kaiserredux is big juicy focus tree for Sikkim 🥵
As An Indian I want to know what turkic people are thinking 😏🌝
😮😮😮
Free Sikkim!!
Yes Sikkim is tax free state
Free Tibet and Xinjiang
Free tibet
Yeah from Chinese aggression.
A video with the same theme as this one on Sikh Empire would be interesting
Why kashmir is shown as part of Pakistan and ladakh as part of China... Donot provide misleading information..
That's because you don't know what's really happening in the borders. This is the correct map.
I was once surprised when I noticed Sikkim is not an independent state. Since I remember it is one of the neighboring countries of China in my middle school textbook. But now I think I know better about why it was listed as independent in the first place...
Where are you from
Better say when
@@mohittewari4127 he wrote a nice story na?
@@arghyadipray5278 I am from Sikkim
If this person went to school before mid-1970's the textbook would have been correct.
Gangtok is probably the one of the best places you can visit in india. Love from india man.
Very intresting video.
♥️ Chhattisgarh 🤝 Sikkim ♥️
What
Please Do Manipur next🙌🏻
Manipur
Ladakh
Sikh Empire
Naga tribes
Portuguese Goa
Junagadh
Ahoms
Sindhis
So many underrated Indian kingdoms and empires to study
This is weird because I was just researching this area of the world a few months ago and I realized there were really no TH-cam videos on Sikkim that were in English .
Have a look at Sikkim vlogs its cool place to stay after retirement !
This was in one of my history books and I was always soo curious about it , since I could never find it on any other map
The funny thing is, Mainland China claims Sikkim always wanted to join China and did seek for help but China rejected it
But I have a friend living there which told me they just regarded China as a neighbouring country and actually nobody wants to join them. And insisted the question should be: Were they happy with India.
You just can't trust Mainland Chinese medias.😂😂😂
Hahaha infact Chinese sh1t lives most Central East
West North South is empty space of shina
And down fall of real estate 😂😂 land occupier kinner Chine
You look Chinese yourself
Great video. can you please make a video on Ahom kingdom
Ask about it here , while ncert didn't care to mention it in any grade ,
Same goes for kingdoms from my state 😢 , Delhi centric history
@@Kmr571-l8y i heard they will add it soon
@@Kmr571-l8ynot Delhi centric. Out NCERT book is muslim centric. Our first 5 education minister was a hardcore Islamist who was buried in Saudi rather than india after his death. Have you read anything about Marathas, rajputs, and other Hindu empires in NCERT book?
It's crazy how a tiny region manages to have a long history and still do better than most of its neighbors
Your statement is ignorant asf, do you have slightest idea of the history of it's neighbors? Which again would be factually wrong because it has always been part of India until 1700s when most of the kingdoms in India collapsed
Hi, there it was really nice to get a informative video about the sikkim chogyal rule until 70’s, can you please make a video about the Tripura manikya rule history and information details about curious & suggestion to spread the history of a northeastern region of Indian belt or the southeast asian kingdom who was never been a part of mughal invasion & british india control and according to sources it’s the only existing kingdom till date from the holy scriptures of mahabharat and want to know how it ended up merged as a state of republic of India/ Bharat
British captured Manipur and assam. By the way ahom people of Assam are originally Thailand they migrated to Assam vally.
I'm debating whether or not to watch this video, given that according to the title, I am not the target audience. Some of us are old enough to remember Sikkim's absorption into India.
Ok, Debate over, I would love to revisit this topic; I'll watch it. And I'm sure I'll learn something I didn't know.
Where u from
@@Kmr571-l8y USA
In my country, there are streets named after the areas that the indentured Indians from . shout out to Sikkim St,St.James ,Trinidad
It was the 90’s, before internet, during my middle school years. We had this “Asian countries” assignment in Geography class. One of us had an old atlas from the 70’s or something in which Sikkim was still independent. This led to confusion and some amusement, because the name of Sikkim is really suitable to make lame jokes in my language, Turkish. The thing is Sikkim pretty much sounds like “sikim” in Turkish, which means “my d***k”. But the officials tried to avoid this effect, so they wrote it as “Sıkkım”, similar letter, different pronunciation. Unfortunately this in turn sounds like “zıkkım” that means “unpleasant, poisonous or harmful fluid” and to lesser extent such food. The jokes abounded of course. In later years, the caption of a DVD subtitle having the word “Sikkim” has become a meme around here, of course with its original spelling and more profane meaning associated with that.
Strong words coming from a country named after the dumbest bird to exist 🦃
Interesting piece of information
Originally it's name was sukhkim not sikkim.in limbu kirat dilect language sukh means rest and khim means house .
Very interesting.
There are numerous other states in india which once used to be major players.
For example
1 Chola king in present day state of Tamil nadu which are considered to be one of the longest kingdom by time of existence
2) ahom in northeast india
(Odd compass has a very good video on it)
3) hyderabad which wasnt always independent but is still pretty unique
4) dozen or so city states in the thar desert, present day rajasthan and some parts of pakistan.
These are just a few examples
Cholas were based out of Tamilnadu not Kerala
@@gowtham0706 I am really sorry
I was writing on the fly and did not read the details carefully
Which I should not have done
Once again sorry!!!!
Don't forget the sikh empire!
The only good theocracy
@@gowtham0706What difference does it make? Chola and Maurya created India's most powerful empire.🙏💪
@@funnymakerboy4199Maratha Empire enters the chat. The hindutva restoration era.
I found out what it was whenever I got the flag by accident in a world flag lot
Referendum was held with no international observer's
There is no demand for independence tho.. Sikkim people are the most lucky people in South Asia. They get so much benefit from government it's crazy if you read about it. From taxes to schools to quotas in government institutions
@@amanrautx the kashmiris want independence so do the nagas and so does the Punjabis
@@jkmcgregor7797 only Kashmir valley is the weakest link..Punjab and especially naga don't want independence.. also lots of people misunderstand Punjabi independence.. do a little bit of research they wanted to introduce Anandpur resolution for their state. You can research it there's no mention of seperate state. Just Google Anandpur resolution, Indian government just wanted to frame them as separatist for their personal gain...
@@jkmcgregor7797 you westoid read a article on Wikipedia and think you know everything... Nagaland recorded more than 87% voter turnout in 2014 Indian general election which was highest voters turnout in India which Indian authorities consider as faith of Naga people in democracy of India. They wouldnt vote for bjp if they want independence. Even the party which wanted independence in the past is in coalition government with current rulling party.. you would not find a single article where you will see people of nagas wanting separate country.. like they would survive in middle of India and mayanmar with their dozens of different tribe which hate each other.
@@amanrautx jammu 10 districts out which 6 are with the valley and kargil is with the valley in any referendum so majority is for independence .nagas want independence and have their own independence day .the sikhs may have had resolution but after 1984 its independence
Beautiful place. Amazing people.
Sikkim is India's Tibet?
Sikkim is India’s Toilet?
@@aryanhan506No you are India's toilet. Your mouth is inlet😂
Sikkim , Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland
Kinda
Nope, India didn't forcefully invaded sikkim unlike china did to tibet, republic of east turkestan, souhtern mongolia, manchuria, yannan. Sikkim asked India to be a state of India. India granted it.
Call me old fashioned, but I miss when the intro was short and got straight into the content. Personal preference I guess. I still enjoyed
Kingdom of Lanna, Patani Kingdom, Mueang Ho Kham Chiang Rung (Chiang Hung State), Sip Song Chau Tai (Tai Federation), Meuang Phuan (Principality of Phuan), Kingdom of Sarawak, Kingdom of Bali, Sultanate of Yogyakarta
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There is more than what meets the eye with the American Princess .
There was also Hyderabad (now part of India), from 1724-1948, which was larger than England. It was invaded by India in 1948 and was even a UN observer state. Most Indians themselves don't know about it.
Same for Balochistan
And Afghanistan us all west of Indus river illegally occupied by Pakistan
Kalat* Balochistan is the modern name@@ChoCoMoCo69
We know, you don't have to tell us, it was ruled by a barbaric nizam.
What about Balochistan illegally occupied by Punjabi fouj after it refused to annex with Pakistan🤔🤔
"Old Asian Kingdom nobody knows about"
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Free Sikkim
Free Tibet
@@Skandagupta-theHunSlayer Free Arunachal Pradesh
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Free Arunachal
@@DoggoArmyUnion5 come here & make them free. Can ya?
Whats with the way too aggressive camera motion 2:52?
What I find nothing
Turkic speaking people:
Sikkim territory is of major importance because of the Sino-Indian conflict. If you notece in the map, India menaged to keep China on the northern side of the Himalayas, but if Sikkim became Chinese, they will have access to the Indo-Gangetic Plane which would make a significant change in the geopolitics.
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And pretty good Insight and makes sense 👍
Our PM Indira Gandhi was very visionary and intelligent. She divided pakistan into two country which was the best thing she did. Under her only, we first tested our nuclear weapon and sikkim was also merged in india under her only.
@@abhinaysingh8306 Nope she wasn't. Learn the dark sides of her. You'll be surprised.
Indian state Sikkim is far developed, economically stable, than NEP, BHU. Sikkim's education system, roads, infrastructure is far better than Nepal, Bhu, Ban
Sikkim js actually far more development than most of India
@@debkalpapal2682 Because it's under Indian administration. Why would they seek so called Independence. Look at conditions of NEP
@@MrinangoCHAKRABORTY9103 exactly
@@debkalpapal2682because for every one rupee sikkim give to central government, it receives 14-20 rupees from central government which is highest in india.
The king of Sikkim still there he's now Indian top clsss diplomat ! Living best life !
Dağların arasında sikkime giden bir yol var :d
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Kardeşim ne oluyor😂
@@RajeshSoni-k7d karıştırma 😉
Sikkim is literally Kirat from Far Cry 4
Sir that's a wonderful video that I have seen today
My question is was the relationship of the British Raj with Bhutan was similar to that of with Sikkim's or was it a bit different since after independence of India both Sikkim and Bhutan were given similar protectorate status but still it was Sikkim who lost it's independent status while Bhutan survived as an beautiful independent nation
Bhutan was far more independent and autonomous then sikkim was, in addition as the video explains the main reason, or crisis, that made sikkim lose independence was because the majority of the population was not native and instead recent generational immigrants that had no love for sikkim royalty, so india just came in and annexed it without much issue.
Basically the national identity of Sikkim died with a super majority not even being native in their hyper small nation,while Bhutan never lost its national identity.
Oh and while beautiful Bhutan does not actually rate that high in the “national happiness index” like people claim and is a horrible place to live in while being a playground for billionaires.
@@AL-lh2htmakes sense because even geographically Nepal is more attached to Sikkim compared to Bhutan that's why the Nepali migration happened while the border between Bhutan and Sikkim is largely disconnected by Tibet and also as a matter of fact that Bhutan in itself is an extrem isolated land and have acted as a buffer zone while Sikkim wasn't much isolated since it has the Nathu La pass which is in fact one of the most important area for the ancient silk route
@@AL-lh2htto be honest south asia is much backwards compared to the other east and south east asiatic nations
@@AL-lh2htanother fact is what I have read that Jawaharlal Nehru himself have said that
"Bhutan is in a sense like an Independent nation but with the protection of India while
Sikkim is in a sense an Indian state but with special status"
Sikkim will be Again freedom Country Soon...
If Darjeeling was added back to Sikkim the regional GBD would be higher for that region
Sounds like a lovely name for a Turkic country 🫶👀
Its a tibetic name
@@ZvenoBloxnope Tibetan name is “Denzong”, also the Sikkim means something vulgar in Turkic language so the guy above may be referring to it.
Lol. Someone explained the joke it either means rotten foul fluid or my dickZ
5:04 what do you mean china negotiating on Tibet's behalf? It's like like saying Portugal negotiating on the Azore's behalf... Tibet was part of Qing China...
Thank the gods India made Sikkim a part of the Republic.
All Asia knows this country, swallowed by its big neighbour. Portugal should also know, as Goa, a Portuguese colony in india , was retaken by India using brute force instead of negotiation. 😮
India always changing Internation borders😂.Bangladesh,Sikkim
Opening animatic!😮
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Free Sikkim ❤️
Maybe talk about the Ryuku Kingdom in Okinawa in modern day Japan
It's bad for a country to be friends with India, but it is fatal to be in alliance with India because the country might end up annexed like Sikkim, or lose its sovereignty like Bhutan. Maldives is lucky to have this smart present President who realized it just in time.
Exactly China would have been conquered too if they were alliance
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Have you forgotten about 1962? Next time there'll be no more India.
@@hongqi5734lol you Retreated 20-30km kms from Actual Border im Arunachal Pradesh India Gained 6000-7000 sqkm Extra Territory 😂
@@RajeshSoni-k7d...... When it comes to lie shamelessly no one can beat an indian.
@@PajeetDoodiemanYes that true Even Chinese admits it China i have seen Lac myself China retreated 20kms from actual lac which existed in 1960 Aksai chin was occupied by china in 1950s only When sinkiang tibet road constructed
I’m from sikkim 😊
We love this Indian state ❤ Its beautiful. Do visit !
Nobody tell him what that name means in Turkish