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    The document summarizes the history of Sikkim from the 17th century to the late 19th century. It discusses how in 1642, Phuntsog Namgyal was consecrated as the first king of Sikkim. In the late 18th century, Sikkim allied with the British against Nepal and China established control over the region. In the early 19th century, the British sought a trade route through Sikkim to Tibet. This led to growing influence of the British in Sikkim and the eventual cession of the Darjeeling area to the British in 1835. Conflict between Sikkim and Britain continued in the later 19th century, culminating in an 1888 war and the 1890 Treaty

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    The document summarizes the history of Sikkim from the 17th century to the late 19th century. It discusses how in 1642, Phuntsog Namgyal was consecrated as the first king of Sikkim. In the late 18th century, Sikkim allied with the British against Nepal and China established control over the region. In the early 19th century, the British sought a trade route through Sikkim to Tibet. This led to growing influence of the British in Sikkim and the eventual cession of the Darjeeling area to the British in 1835. Conflict between Sikkim and Britain continued in the later 19th century, culminating in an 1888 war and the 1890 Treaty

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    The document summarizes the history of Sikkim from the 17th century to the late 19th century. It discusses how in 1642, Phuntsog Namgyal was consecrated as the first king of Sikkim. In the late 18th century, Sikkim allied with the British against Nepal and China established control over the region. In the early 19th century, the British sought a trade route through Sikkim to Tibet. This led to growing influence of the British in Sikkim and the eventual cession of the Darjeeling area to the British in 1835. Conflict between Sikkim and Britain continued in the later 19th century, culminating in an 1888 war and the 1890 Treaty

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    In 1642, the fifth generation descendant of Guru Tashi, Phuntsog Namgyal was

    consecrated as the first Denjong Gyalpo or the Chogyal (king) of Sikkim by Lhatsun
    Chhenpo, Nga-dag Lama and Kathhog Lama, three great Lamas who came from the north,
    west and south to Yuksom Norbugang in West Sikkim.In 1791 Chinese Qing Dynasty
    establishes control over Sikkim.

    With the arrival of the British in neighbouring India, Sikkim allied itself with
    them as they had a common enemy � the Gorkha Kingdom of Nepal. The infuriated
    Nepalese attacked Sikkim with vengeance, over-running most of the region including
    the Terai. This prompted the British East India Company to attack Nepal resulting
    in the Anglo-Nepalese War, which began in 1814. Treaties signed between British and
    Nepal � the Sugauli Treaty and Sikkim and British India � Treaty of Titalia,
    returned the territory annexed by the Nepalese to Sikkim in 1817.

    Meanwhile, the British were looking for a route to establish trading links with
    Tibet. An offshoot of the ancient Silk Road through Sikkim meant that the kingdom
    was ideal as a transit route. A secondary reason for the establishment of links was
    to quell the growing Russian influence in Tibet in the context of The Great Game.
    However ties between Sikkim and India grew sour with the taxation of the area of
    Morang by the British. An internal disturbance, which began in 1825, gave the
    British the opportunity to secure the 1835 cession of Darjeeling to British Sikkim
    in view of its perceived advantages as a sanitorium. Unhappy with this development,
    Sikkim's Dewan often frustrated the cessation by denying aid to the British in
    capturing escaped criminals and offering amnesty for escaped slaves. As
    compensation for the loss, the British Government paid the Sikkim Raja Rs. 3,000
    from 1841 onwards, a sum that was later increased to Rs. 12,000.

    1888 - War in Sikkim between the British and Tibetans (Tibet was part of the Qing
    dynasty during this time).
    1890: By the Treaty of Calcutta (1890), China weakened by the Opium Wars recognizes
    British suzerainty over Sikkim.

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