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Treaty of Tumlong

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Under the treaty, Sikkim was to pay a Rs. 7,000/- indemnity for instigating the British invasion of Sikkim. The amount equaled seven years revenue of the state of Sikkim. The British were permitted to intervene in the internal affairs of the country and under Article 8 all restrictions on travel and
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of 1814-16. After the war, treaties between the British and the Gorkhas and Sikkim and British India, drawing the latter closer together. The British objective was to establish a trade route through Sikkim to
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trade by British subjects were abolished. Article 13 allowed for construction of a road through Sikkim and rendered all British goods duty-free, except those transhipped through the country to Tibet,
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refused to return from Tibet, the treaty secured protection for travellers to Sikkim and guaranteed free trade, thereby making the state a
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Arora, Vibha (2008). "Routing the Commodities of Empire through Sikkim (1817-1906)".
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Treaty established Sikkim as a de facto protectorate of the British Indian government
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Opening the Hidden Land: State Formation and the Construction of Sikkimese History
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made Sikkim a "de facto" protectorate of the British Empire
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recognised Sikkim as a British protectorate by the 1890
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Index

Tumlong
Sir Ashley Eden
Sidkeong Namgyal
British Empire

Sikkim
treaty
British Empire
Kingdom of Sikkim
Sir Ashley Eden
British
Chogyal
Sidkeong Namgyal
Tsugphud Namgyal
East India Company
Gorkha Kingdom
Terai
Anglo-Nepalese War
Tibet
The Great Game
Russians
Bhutan
Nepal
John Claude White
British Political Officer
Gangtok
Bhutias
Lepchas
China
Convention of Calcutta

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