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The Chogyal of Sikkim
Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal, Twelfth Consecrated Ruler of Sikkim, was born in Sikkim’s capital Gangtok on 22nd May 1923.
In March 1963 he married Hope Coke, grand daughter and ward of Mr. and Mrs. Winchester Noyes of the United States of America. The boy on her left is Crown Prince Tenzing.
In April 1975 the Indian army moved into Sikkim, seizing the city of Gangtok, disarming the Palace Guards putting the Chogyal under house arrest. A “referendum” was held ,in which 97.5% of the people voted to join the Indian Union. China did not recognize India’s occupation of Sikkim until 2003.
radicalroyalist.blogspot.com/2008/05/85th-birthday-annive...
The Chogyal of Sikkim
Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal, Twelfth Consecrated Ruler of Sikkim, was born in Sikkim’s capital Gangtok on 22nd May 1923.
In March 1963 he married Hope Coke, grand daughter and ward of Mr. and Mrs. Winchester Noyes of the United States of America. The boy on her left is Crown Prince Tenzing.
In April 1975 the Indian army moved into Sikkim, seizing the city of Gangtok, disarming the Palace Guards putting the Chogyal under house arrest. A “referendum” was held ,in which 97.5% of the people voted to join the Indian Union. China did not recognize India’s occupation of Sikkim until 2003.
radicalroyalist.blogspot.com/2008/05/85th-birthday-annive...