origin and history of Sikkim State
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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. It became a princely state of British India in 1890. ... Modern Sikkim is a multiethnic and multilingual Indian state.
Royal line: Chogyal
(1) The history of Sikkim, an area in present-day North-East India, began in 1642 as a kingdom established when India and Nepal were still many princely states with many rulers at that time and had not unified to the present Union of India and present country of Nepal.
(2) At that time Sikkim had already solidified into country then with a king known as a Chogyal or dharma king, and till 16 May 1975 was an independent country ruled by the monarchs.
(3) Sikkim had twelve kings; Palden Thondup Namgyal was the last king of Independent Sikkim.