Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

This postage stamp from the country of Bhutan issued in late 70s is probably the only postage stamps in the world of philately that showed Sikkim as an Independent Country. You can closely see an Independent Sikkim, below it India while East Pakistan now Bangladesh just beneath it. Bhutan is right to Sikkim in white while Tibet on its top.

Gangtok, 1st October, 1968 Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Princess Sangay Dekila, Sir Tashi Namgyal, Shrimati Indira Gandhi [in kho (Bhutia Dress)], Princess Pema Tsedeun and Ashi Tashi Dorji of Bhutan. Information provided: Tenzin Chukie Tashi

Nepal-Bhutan Relations: A study of its past Dr. Suman Dhakal The two SAARC member countries, Nepal and Bhutan, are well known to all as the most beautiful Himalayan kingdoms situated between India and the Tibet, China with very potential geopolitical importance. Although from the earliest times, Nepal and Bhutan have extremely good relations between them in political, religious and cultural fields, at present there seems a kind of uneasy diplomatic relations between them due to the problem of the Nepali origin Bhutanese citizens exiled from Bhutan and taking refuge in Jhapa and Morang districts of Nepal. Therefore, the study of the changes that have occurred in these two countries becomes quite significant to anyone interested in the study of the relations between these two almost neighboring countries. Nepal has a long history extending more than 2000 years, though modem Nepal was found just a little more than 250 years ago. ...