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Sikkim (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 27 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 27.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 088 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 88.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Fought long wars with Nepal and Druk-Yul as an independent nation 18th-19th centuries; the influence of Great Britain began 1839 with the takeover of part of the region; acted as a neutral buffer zone between India under British and Tibet; protectorate of India from 1950. |
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| Sikkim (preferred,C,V)
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| State of Sikkim (C,V,English,U)
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| Sikkim, State of (NA,V)
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| Che-meng-hsiung (NA,V)
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| Demjong (NA,V)
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| Dremojong (NA,V)
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| Kingdom of Sikkim (NA,V)
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| Sikkim, Kingdom of (NA,V)
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| Sikhim (NA,V)
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| IN29 (NA,V,FIPS)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| state (preferred, C) |
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merged with India April 15, 1975 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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