Today we are going to tell the story of how the Indians annexed Sikkim.
Sikkim also has this close connection with China in history, in 1700, the Kingdom of Sikkim was invaded by the Gurkha army, the King of Sikkim was forced to flee to southern Tibet, the Gurkha army took advantage of the situation to launch an invasion of the Qing Dynasty, the Qianlong Emperor twice conquered, and finally defeated the Gurkhas, which was the proud stroke of Qianlong's life and was included in his ten martial arts.
Sikkim became a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty from then on, until later the British came, they swallowed India, and then took Sikkim as well. After World War II, the British withdrew from India and Sikkim, and India began its annexation of Sikkim as the only heir to British interests in the South Asian subcontinent.
First of all, there were some problems in Sikkim at that time, and with the end of World War II and the influx of Western ideas, the people of Sikkim also demanded reform of their royal family and political system, and their royal family naturally could not agree (just like the Qing Dynasty did not agree), which led to a series of turmoil.
At this time, as a "good neighbor", India began to intervene, they forcibly intervened in Sikkim's internal affairs, supported the civil movement against the royal family, and sent an Indian to the new government of Sikkim as prime minister. Cloaked in anti-authoritarian veneers, this move has not received much opposition from Sikkim, both domestically and internationally. Then, after controlling Sikkim's internal and external affairs, they began to emigrate in large numbers in Sikkim, while they disbanded the Royal Guard and put the King of Sikkim under house arrest. After a parliamentary decision, they deposed the king in one fell swoop, and 4 days later launched a referendum, the result of which was not unexpected, Sikkim justifiably lost its status as a sovereign state and became a state of India.
King Parden of Sikkim and Prince Chuk fled to the United States, repeatedly declaring that India's annexation of Sikkim was illegal, only to have the Indians scratch their scalps and say: What? We are taking the legal process, and the referendum can best represent the will of the people, so we and the legal, understand? Earth turtle.
After this, India was still afraid of sikkim independence again, so it would allocate funds to Sikkim every year, so the life of Sikkim people was still better than that of Bengalis. The Eastern Powers have not recognized India's sovereignty over Sikkim for a long time, and according to India, the Eastern Powers are the last to refuse to recognize the State of Sikkim. This situation continued until 2003, when the Indians recognized Tibet as our territory and we recognized Sikkim as theirs. We resumed trade with Sikkim in 2006, but Indians were very bureaucratic and had great restrictions on each other's economic development.