I bought Sikkim History in One Rupee

I bought Sikkim's history for a rupee. I might sound crazy, but I am not. It is a rather fascinating incident that happened sometime back in Singtam, my hometown. I was in one of the newspaper shops looking for old magazines for my self-made library when the title of a mouse-munched Hindi novel caught my attention. "Jagat ki Sikkim Yatra," which is "Jagat's Journey to Sikkim" in English, was a wonderful discovery for me.

The title of the book was enough to capture my imagination and my curiosity, even though I am not a fan of novel reading. After reading each page of the book, I was amazed by the content of the document. Even though the book states that its story and character are coincidental, the entire theme portrays the 1973 merger of Sikkim. I read about the state of affairs faced by the people of Sikkim, the Chogyal and his family, the Indian authorities, American CIA agents, and a character from China.

The story had everything and was centred around a central character called Jagat, an international thug. Every minute detail of those agitation days has been recorded neatly as if the writer had witnessed it. The writer Om Prakash Sharma I am sure had done enough study about the happenings of Sikkim State then. As the book was old and mouse-bitten when it was released, it was priced at Rs 2. I only had to pay Rs 1. For me, the book was worth more.

Indian author Om Prakash Sharma is the author of several crime and thriller novels in the Hindi tongue. He is regarded as one of the most well-known authors of Hindi pulp fiction and has released over 300 novels. "Keshav Pandit," "Inspector Azad," "Bankelal," and "Super Commando Dhruva," among others, are some of Sharma's most well-known works. His novels are known for their frantic action, gripping stories, and endearing characters. He has written numerous books that have been adapted into television shows and comic books.

JANHA BAGCHA TEESTA RANGIT

This was a national song of Sikkim sung in the Nepali language during the monarchy system. During the merger with India, the song got banned and later re-released. Two words on the 8th para, which earlier said 'Rajah rah Rani,' were replaced with "Janmah bhumi." This song was dedicated to the King and Queen of Sikkim. The song lyrics were penned by Sanu Lama, and the music was composed by Dushyant Lama. The song was first sung on the birth anniversary of Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal on April 4, 1970, at Gangtok by Aruna Lama, Dawa Lama, and Manikamal Chettri. JANHA BAGCHA TEESTA RANGIT, JAHAN KANCHENDZONGA SEER YEHI HO HAMRO DHANA KO DESH, TAPAWAN HO PYARO SIKKIM INTERLUDE PHULCHAN YEHA AANGANAI MAA, CHAAP , GURAS, SUNAKHARI SWARGASARI SUNDAR DESH KO HAMRO PYARO PYARO JANMAHBHUMI JANHA BAGCHA…… BATASHLE BOKCHAA YAHA, TATHAGAT KO AAMAR WAANI ...

India’s illegal occupation of independent Sikkim has to be reversed

Extracted from Pakistan Defence India’s “Chief Executive” in Gangtok wrote: “Sikkim’s merger was necessary for Indian national interest. And we worked to that end. Maybe if the Chogyal had been smarter and played his cards better, it wouldn’t have turned out the way it did.” It is also said that the real battle was not between the Chogyal and Kazi Lendup Dorji but between their wives. On one side was Queen Hope Cook, the American wife of the Chogyal and on the other was the Belgian wife of the Kazi, Elisa-Maria Standford. “This was a proxy war between the American and the Belgian,” says former chief minister BB Gurung. But there was a third woman involved: Indira Gandhi in New Delhi. Chogyal Palden met the 24-year-old New Yorker Hope Cook in Darjeeling in 1963 and married her. For Cook, this was a dream come true: to become the queen of an independent kingdom in Shangrila. She started taking the message of Sikkimese independence to the youth, and the allegations started flying thic...

The Gorkhas - Sons of the Soil, Pride of the Nation

Nanda Kirati Dewan, a journalist from Assam traces the origin of the Gorkhas in India. Many people have misconceptions about the Gorkhas in India - that they are foreigners and have migrated from Nepal. There could not be a greater mistake than this. The Gorkhas are in fact the aborigines of India and they can trace their history back to ancient times. The Gorkha community is the product of Indo-Aryan and Mongoloid assimilation from ages past. As a linguistic group, they can trace their origin back to Indo-Aryan and Tibeto-Burman beginnings. In fact, the Gorkhas consist of both Indo-Aryan and Mongoloid racial groups. In the Mahabharata and Manusmriti names of Khasa are mentioned. They are in fact the Gorkhas. The Gorkhas spoke the language then known as Khaskura Khasas as a community existed in Nepal which it later changed to another ethnic name. The Lichchhavis, one of the aboriginal tribes of India originally lived in the plains of present Nepal. During the early centu...

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