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Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal with Gyalpo Hope Cook

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From the pages of National Geographic Magazine (1965).
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  1. AnonymousNovember 27, 2009 3:40 AM

    Our Late King and the "TRAITOR"!!!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 24, 2009 2:23 PM

    why so??

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  3. himalayanreviewDecember 25, 2009 10:25 PM

    Some call the queen the traitor because she left him when the king needed her the most.

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  4. AnonymousMay 07, 2010 8:03 PM

    Is there any sentiment today among the people of Sikkim for regaining their independence? Is there any support for restoring the monarchy? Or are the people content with their present status as a state of India?

    I write this as an American who wishes to learn more about Sikkim.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 05, 2010 12:49 AM

    Here are two links about Sikkim:

    http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/35/Nation/9621

    and

    http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,913029,00.html

    By the way this is not the first time India grab other people's land. Tibetans were victims of India aggression too.

    "In October 1947, they [the Tibetans] formally requested India to return their territory from Ladakh to Assam, and including Sikkim. The Indians in return simply asked Tibet to continue the relationship on the basis of the previous British Government." see pg 7 of India's China war by Neville Maxwell.

    Again,

    "In response to the protests of the Tibetan authorities in Lhasa, the Indian officials stated that India was taking over Tawang. The Tibetans protested again that they "deeply regret and absolutely cannot accept” what the Indian government "seizing as its own what did not belong to it." The Indian government ignored the protests, forced the Tibetan administration out, and stayed on in Tawang, as the British did in Dirang Dzong in 1944." see pg 8 of India's China war by Neville Maxwell.

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/12249475/Indias-China-War-Neville-Maxwell

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2010 9:08 PM

    By the way India aggression to her neighbors is not confined to Sikkim. China is a victim too. But China is big enough to defend herself, unlike Sikkim. Please listen to this podcast, also from Neville Maxwell, author of India's China War:

    http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/podcasts/India_China_Border.mp3

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  7. UnknownApril 21, 2011 4:36 AM

    what the fuck? who said Assam was under Tibetan rule? where did u get this kind of crap...?

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  8. UnknownApril 21, 2011 4:37 AM

    I think u are mistaken...Assam was never under Tibetan rule...and not even Sikkim..

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  9. UnknownApril 21, 2011 4:40 AM

    @Anonymous: u must be that sick, coward sikkimese who ran away during that time in 1974, and now barking at the people who are living peacefully in sikkim....u must be hiding in states in comfort and sharing ur hatred....u sick coward mi....

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