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treaty,1950 stating, "Since Sikkim signed the treaty with India, surely it is within her sovereign rights to demand a revision of the treaty as one of the signatories. In fact, Sikkim gained her
Sovereign Status on the 15th August, 1947, when India achieved her independence from the British rule. Every country has its inherent right to exist and maintain its separate identity and, therefore, to review and revise its treaty obligations in the wake of changing circumstances."
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from his uncle
Kashiraj Pradhan. Initially he demanded Sikkim’s merger with India in view of tensions with China on Sikkimese borders. In a change to his previous ideological stand of Sikkim’s merger with India, in 1967, Pradhan along with BB Gurung and Netuk Tshering demanded revision of Indo-Sikkim
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Congress President KC Pradhan on 27 March 1973. This led to mass protests against the Chogyal in Gangtok. A Joint Action Committee(JAC) was formed between Sikkim National Congress and Sikkim Janata Congress intensifying the agitation in Sikkim. During this, the three senior most
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He joined in the Indian army in 1939 with active service in West Asia, Italy and Ladakh. He was released from the army in 1949. Thereafter, he joined politics following the path of his maternal uncle
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Kanchenjunga and Sikkim Press: How Media
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pre-merger politician, pro-democracy leader, a member of the
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527:Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Sikkim
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764:"Appointment of the Dewan of Sikkim"
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413:and many other leaders of Sikkim.
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359:1973 Sikkimese general election
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860:Sikkim politicians by party
452:Deputy Executive Councillor
248:Sikkim Legislative Assembly
194:Executive Council of Sikkim
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403:Indian Political Officer
396:Indian Political Officer
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340:Sikkim National Congress
334:opposing the demands of
200:party and the Editor of
850:Journalists from Sikkim
529:. Mittal Publications.
443:State Council of Sikkim
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204:’s first news magazine
521:Bareh, Hamlet (2001).
375:Sikkim Janata Congress
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363:Sikkim National Party
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78:Sikkim State Council
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355:Sikkim Janata Party
336:Kazi Lhendup Dorjee
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730:"Mission R&AW"
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441:- Member -
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240:S.K.Pradhan
150:Nationality
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824:Categories
556:References
417:Other work
367:L. D. Kazi
212:Early life
709:eap.bl.uk
429:started.
218:Sikkimese
186:Sikkimese
153:Sikkimese
128:1967–1973
124:In office
109:1958–1967
105:In office
90:1953–1958
86:In office
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515:Sources
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479:Honours
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458:1967-70
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