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[42] To enable the incorporation of the new state, the Indian Parliament amended the Indian Constitution. Sikkim University began operating in 2008 at Yangang, which is situated about 28 kilometres (17 mi) from Singtam. [113][114], Sikkim is India's least populous state, with 610,577 inhabitants according to the 2011 census. SMC Chairman Shri. [30] The doctors were detained by the Sikkimese government, leading to a punitive British expedition against the kingdom, after which the Darjeeling district and Morang were annexed to British India in 1853. [13][14][15][12], In recent years, the government of Sikkim has extensively promoted tourism. Sikkim participates in the Destination North-East at Varanasi, UP, REPORT ON EACH FRIDAY FIELD DAY- VISIT OF CHIEF MINISTER’S ADOPTED VILLAGE-23-AMBA GPU, First Supplementary Demands for Grants (2019-20) passed by the House of SLA, NDMA in collaboration with LR&DMD & DDMA North organized Earthquake Mega Mock Exercise, Flash Mob by SAATHI involving students of Namchi Senior Secondary School, Sikkim Today: Volume II/Issue VIII/ June – July 2019, District level coordination meeting on ‘Population Census 2021’ held at North, Sikkim Herald – English Edition – 29th November, 2019, Jorethang Govt. He said that with the sad demise of Late Tulshi Prashad Pradhan, the State of Sikkim has lost an eminent leader, prolific thinker, accomplished social worker and a stalwart whose life was devoted to the welfare of the poor and marginalized. 7. The Sikkim Tourism stall was decked in a traditional style which gained huge appreciation from the visitors. 18. Shri Sharma also shared his experiences of working as the first PSO to Shri Pradhan in those days of his police service and said that with his passing away, the state has lost a politician and an active social worker who was very simple, empathetic and caring for others.

He thanked the Deputy Speaker, Ministers and MLAs for their presence and participation in the discussions during the Session. The average annual temperature for most of Sikkim is around 18 °C (64 °F).

The Hon’ble Chief Minister expressed his solidarity to the family members and prayed that they found strength to bear the irreparable loss. Tourism department will be informed about it to make dpr and to get sanctioned. [80], Sikkim's nominal state gross domestic product (GDP) was estimated at US$1.57 billion in 2014 constituting the third-smallest GDP among India's 28 states. Noble orchid (top) is Sikkim's state flower. Each Friday field visit was concluded with inspection of ADC (Dev) and Offfice of SDM. In his obituary reference, Hon’ble Speaker shared about the early life, education, professional career and political life of the former Member of the Legislative Assembly. A delegation from Sikkim was led by Additional Director, Tourism & Civil Aviation Department, Shri Madan Kumar Pradhan, and representatives from Culture & Heritage Affairs Department, Commerce & Industries Department and stakeholders from Sikkim. [23] The Buddhist saint Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, is said to have passed through the land in the 8th century. [102] The five-station line is intended to support both economic development and Indian Army operations and was initially planned to be completed by 2015,[103][104] though as of 2013 its construction has met with delays. The fauna of Sikkim include the snow leopard,[76] musk deer, Himalayan tahr, red panda, Himalayan marmot, Himalayan serow, Himalayan goral, muntjac, common langur, Asian black bear, clouded leopard,[77] marbled cat, leopard cat,[78] dhole, Tibetan wolf, hog badger, binturong, and Himalayan jungle cat. Tulshi Prashad Pradhan, who passed away on 27th of November 2019. 4. [65][66] The current Governor of Sikkim is Ganga Prasad. Sr. Sec.

Hon’ble Minister for DoNER in his address said, “Development of North East is on government’s priority after Shri Narendra Modi took charge as Prime Minister. Of the approximately 1,438 butterfly species found in the Indian subcontinent, 695 have been recorded in Sikkim. Sikkim is also close to India's Siliguri Corridor near Bangladesh.Sikkim is the least populous and second smallest among the Indian states.

[20] In historical Indian literature, Sikkim is known as Indrakil, the garden of the war god Indra.[21]. [73], Sikkim also has a rich diversity of arthropods, many of which remain unstudied. The summit of Kangchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak, is the state's highest point, situated on the border between Sikkim and Nepal.

Channels served are largely the same as those available in the rest of India, although Nepali-language channels are also available. The avifauna of Sikkim include the impeyan pheasant, crimson horned pheasant, snow partridge, Tibetan snowcock, bearded vulture and griffon vulture, as well as golden eagles, quails, plovers, woodcocks, sandpipers, pigeons, Old World flycatchers, babblers and robins. 4.The Panchayat President of Taaza GPU informed DC/E regarding community hall at Taza GPK. [55], The hills of Sikkim mainly consist of gneiss and schist[56] which weather to produce generally poor and shallow brown clay soils. [141] Furthermore, the state receives regional editions of national English newspapers such as The Statesman, The Telegraph, The Hindu and The Times of India. 3 RANIPOOL SSS EAST Sikkim achieved its ambition to convert its agriculture to fully organic between 2003 and 2016, and became the first state in India to achieve this distinction. 5. [22] However the Limbus and the Magars also lived in the inaccessible parts of West and South districts as early as the Lepchas perhaps lived in the East and North districts.

Phuntsog Namgyal was succeeded in 1670 by his son, Tensung Namgyal, who moved the capital from Yuksom to Rabdentse (near modern Pelling). Sikkim's climate ranges from sub-tropical in the south to tundra in the north. In April of that year, the Indian Army took over the city of Gangtok and disarmed the Chogyal's palace guards. She informed that the appointment of census officers for 2021 census in Sikkim is already made by the Government of Sikkim. On 8 December 2008, it was announced that Sikkim had become the first state in India to achieve 100 per cent sanitation coverage, becoming completely free of public defecation, thus attaining the status of "Nirmal State". The Indian Army has control over a large part of the state, as Sikkim forms part of a sensitive border area with China. [40] In 1973, anti-royalist riots took place in front of the Chogyal's palace. Earlier, the Session began with Obituary Reference on the demise of Former Member of Legislative Assembly Late Shri. Himalaya Darpan, a Nepali daily published in Siliguri, is one of the leading Nepali daily newspapers in the region. 13. The 2011 Sikkim earthquake (also known as the 2011 Himalayan earthquake) occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and was centered within the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, near the border of Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim, at 18:10 IST on Sunday, 18 September.

The Hon’ble Chief Minister expressed his heartfelt condolences to the former MLA who always provided his valuable advice to the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha party as he had recently joined Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Party. [43], In 2000, the seventeenth Karmapa, Urgyen Trinley Dorje, who had been confirmed by the Dalai Lama and accepted as a tulku by the Chinese government, escaped from Tibet, seeking to return to the Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim. [143] There are a total of 1,157 schools in the state, including 765 schools run by the state government, seven central government schools and 385 private schools. 2019-11-27 00:18:32 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 70 km depth Mangan, Sikkim, India 4.5 magnitude earthquake 2019-11-27 00:18:32 UTC at 00:18 November 27, 2019 UTC It maybe mentioned that 35 peer students of SAATHI alongwith the co-ordinator Ms. Gauri Singh from the school enthusiastically engaged in the said event. [86] Sikkim has furthermore invested in a fledgling gambling industry promoting both casinos and online gambling. National Highway 10 (NH 10; formerly NH 31A) links Siliguri to Gangtok. 8 References 1. The public-private funded institution is the Sikkim Manipal University of Technological Sciences, which offers higher education in engineering, medicine and management. Sikkim is the least populous and second smallest among the Indian states. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Honourable Education Minister, Shri KN Lepcha. Sikkim (/ˈsɪkɪm/; pronounced [ˈsɪkːɪm]) is a state in northeastern India. [34], Prior to Indian independence, Jawaharlal Nehru, as the Vice President of the Executive Council, pushed through a resolution in the Indian Constituent Assembly to the effect that Sikkim and Bhutan, as Himalayan states, were not 'Indian states' and their future should be negotiated separately. In 1975, the Prime Minister of Sikkim appealed to the Indian Parliament for Sikkim to become a state of India. The event also held a special presentation of art and craft, textiles, ethnic products, tourism promotion etc of the eight northeastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.

The Chief Minister thanked the Speaker of SLA Shri L. B. Das for the smooth conduct of the two-day session. [40][unreliable source?] Bhandari held on to power in the 1984 and 1989 elections. [47] The pass, which had previously been closed since the 1962 Sino-Indian War, was an offshoot of the ancient Silk Road.

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