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

Sikkim Express GANGTOK, August 28: A body of an unidentified male aged between 40-45 years was traced between the boulders in the middle of Rani Khola near Singtam, suspected to have been swept away from higher areas of Rani Khola. Singtam Police have informed the people to contact them if any persons are missing. Later, the unidentified male body was sent to Singtam Hospital, where it has kept for 72 hours preservation for identification. Police have registered a case of unnatural death.

He has defeated death. Believe it or not, but it is true, a kind story in the world- a man from an Indian army on a Nathula border is still doing his duty even after his death some three decades back. 60km from Gangtok towards the panoramic view of the Nathula landscape, a road leads towards the valley of Kupup. Here is the shrine of Baba Harbhajan, popularly known as Baba Mandir. Baba Harbhajan has been guarding the international boundary of the two Asian giants, China and India, over the last three decades. But believe me, he does it alone. Even the army men on the other side of the International Wall confirmed that they had seen a man riding a horse all alone patrolling the border.  Born in Brondal village of Kapurthala, Punjab, Harbhajan Singh joined the 23 rd Punjab Battalion in February 1966 as a sepoy. The year 1968, when the states of Sikkim and North Bengal were under the rage of great natural disasters where, landslides, floods, and heavy rain had taken thousan...