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Sikkim

 

 

 

Area

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7,096 Sq Km
Capital : Gangtok
Languages : Lepcha,Bhutia,Nepali & Limbu
Districts : 4
Population : 5,40,493
Density : 76 persons Per Sq Km
Literacy : 69.68 %

 

 

 

History

 

The early history of Sikkim starts in the 13th century with the signing of the brotherhood treaty between the Lepcha Chief Thekong-Tek and the Tibetan prince Khye-Bhumsa at kabi Lungtsok in North sikkim. The state is inhabited chiefly by the Lepchas, who are the tribe indigenous to sikkim with their own dress and language, Bhutias, who originally came from Tibet and the Gorkhlis(Nepalis) who entered from Nepal in large number's in the late 19th and early 20th century .Sikkim became a full fledged state in the Indian union with the effect from   April 26,1975. 

 

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