I have been writing about Sikkim, but I am sorry I never talked about its physical features. Once a Himalayan kingdom until 1975 and now part of a mighty Indian Union, the small state of Sikkim has seen many changes over the last 50 years. Jawaharlal Nehru and Chogyal Tashi Namgyal, the king of Sikkim, had a very warm relationship.
It was even said that Nehru wanted to spend his retired life in Sikkim, but that could not happen due to his sudden death in 1964. After Nehru's death, some of his ashes were brought to Sikkim and thrown over the sky of Gangtok, Kanchenjunga Range, and other places.
Even Chogyal Tashi Namgyal presented his paintings to Nehru, which is said to be at Anand Bhawan, the ancestral home of the Nehru family at Allahabad. But it was under the leadership of Indira Gandhi, the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, that Sikkim was merged with India just 10 years after Nehru died.
Sikkim shares an interesting geographical boundary. Three countries and an Indian state to its south surround Sikkim. To its east is Bhutan, Nepal in its west, and Tibet (China) in its north.
Here I would like to give some information that I have read from Rajesh Verma's Sikkim Guide:
* Toriphule: trijunction between Sikkim, West Bengal, and Nepal * Rachela: trijunction between Sikkim, West Bengal, and Bhutan * Jonsang : trijunction between Sikkim, Nepal, and Tibet * Batangla : trijunction between Sikkim, Tibet, and Bhutan. Pics: taken from the web
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