• Location and administrative map of the Kingdom of Sikkim before the annexation of India. Status. Protectorate of Tibet of Qing China (until 1890).
  • The Kingdom of Sikkim was founded by the Namgyal dynasty in the 17th century. It was ruled by Buddhist priest-kings known as the Chogyal.
  • The Kingdom of Sikkim is a Puppet State of the Empire of Japan located in Nipponwestland and the smallest Puppet State of Japan other than Sarwak.
  • Formerly Kingdom of Sikkim, annexed Source: www.pinterest.com. ... Proud to be a Sikkimese Sikkim State The Map of Sikkim Source: sikhim.blogspot.com.
  • Time and again, the small kingdom of Sikkim had to defend itself against attacks from Nepal. In 1835, Darjeeling, which had previously belonged to Sikkim, was...
  • During this time, monarchy existed in Sikkim and the most prominent kingdom was of the Chogyals who were the undisputed rulers of the state.
  • ...Darjeeling to the British East India Company in 1835 did not take place *there* so that Darjeeling remains a part of the Kingdom of Sikkim.
  • Thus Phuntsog Namgyal became the first King of the Kingdom of Sikkim and all the Kirat chiefs agreed to regard him as the supreme ruler.
  • As the East India Company gained control over India and Sikkim, they signed a treaty with the Kingdom of Sikkim in 1861.