Gangtok: The former Chief Minister of Sikkim, Shri L.D. Kazi Khangsarpa passed away on July 28 in his residence at Kalimpong. He was 103 years old, and he was under treatment, and his condition was stable for a week. Chief Minister Dr. Pawan Chamling, soon after hearing the demise of the first Chief of Sikkim, rushed to Kalimpong to pay the last tribute to the former CM. Shri Kazi was the first Chief Minister soon after the merger of Sikkim in 1975, and he is considered the architect of the merger of Sikkim into the Indian Union. With his passing away, an era of Sikkim's history has ended.
Sikkim Mahinda Thero BY SHITAL PRADHAN I first heard about S Mahinda Thero in 2005 while in Kolkata when I was asked by one of the stamp dealers whether I was interested in a 20 paisa stamp of S Mahinda Thero issued by the Sri Lankan Postal Department in the early 1970s. I collected philatelic items on Buddhism, but I never understood who he was talking about. He told me, as I was from Sikkim, I might be interested to know more about the person, and he went on to add it was Sikkim Mahinda Thero, a Buddhist monk who is regarded as a national hero, a famous poet in the Sinhalese language whose poetry promoted patriotism and the revival of Buddhism to this part of the Island. He promised to send me the stamp of S Mahinda Thero from Colombo through the mail, but I have never heard from him since then. However, regarding my limited concern, it was enough to know that such a person keeps the name Sikkim with honor and pride in Sri Lanka. I had the name...
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