Sikkim: Stuck Between India & China | Part II

[@kirbyward2001]

I always learn so much from your videos Really nicely done!

[@GhostCountries]

Oh, thank you so much; we're always glad to see your comment and really enjoyed sharing a bit of Sikkim's history with you guys!

[@foolishgamer99]

i was listening to this video in the background and thought it was a professional history channel posting on youtube, but apparently you only have 7k subscribers right now? You got a hidden gem here in history youtube.

[@GhostCountries]

Hey, thank you so much - it really is encouraging to get a comment like yours! We’ve been plugging along for a while now and, even though I don’t think the algorithm has always been fair with us, we’re nearing 10K. We’ve got plenty more content planned for the channel!

[@ChancellorOfHistory]

Been waiting a long time for this, and it did not disappoint!

[@GhostCountries]

Glad you liked the video man 🙌; I think it was really fun working on this one because there was a lot more to Sikkim’s story than we expected - including stuff we didn’t touch upon (like Hope Cooke’s marriage to the King of Sikkim), but still we covered most of the main points!

[@zacharyjakob]

Almost at 2k subscribers! Very nice. Hope to see more podcast episodes too

[@GhostCountries]

Thanks man; it's so close now...we're hoping to reach 2k before Christmas, but we'll see. And we do have plans for more podcast, along with other stuff like tier lists again. Hoping to have at least one before the end of the year too!

[@BlueBuckJS]

@@GhostCountries You're almost at 20K now!!!

[@Fudgetastic2]

I can't wait to see this channel blow up

[@GhostCountries]

Thanks man; same here!

[@ho-leesheet5923]

Bro im from sikkim a bhutia tribe i subscribed to you i didnt knew that detail history of sikkim because we arent taught any of sikkim history in school

[@GhostCountries]

Really appreciate the comment man; it's always pretty cool when someone from one of the places we cover likes our content!

[@tyt684]

INDIAN government restricted lots of such information from reaching natives of Sikkim like Bhutia and Lepcha. That's why most of them arr ignorant and history is almost forgotten.

[@nikkialuzedjngfjgnf6008]

Very interesting. This is a story that isn't very well known here in India, much of that era in general is forgotten. Somewhat sad to see I guess, inevitable as it may be. Thankfully, there isn't much tension in the region today as far as I know. But hey, they still live in a free country, and their culture is preserved :)

[@jiayizhou323]

Good video😀

[@GhostCountries]

Thanks Jiayi! 😁

[@SuonTamang]

Thank you for explaining history of my State ❤

[@WJ4321]

6:15 a distant relative on mine died of food poisoning in that war

[@tinavalentino9713]

Thank you for my pre Thanksgiving history fix!

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

97% that’s pretty suspicious. And with Indian troops all over the country? Might as well have been Austria 1938

[@svanimation8969]

Cuz monarchy were brutal and idea if freedom republic was so famous in that era so much Freedom democracy was in the air

[@h0lynut]

@@svanimation8969at that rate they could just have deposed the monarchy and keep it as an independent country...

[@saugat7287]

Bro the king was brutal and so were the elites

[@saugat7287]

​@@h0lynutby being independent it would be hard for us to survive India helped us financially and China was always a serious threat

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

@@saugat7287 I hate americas elites but I don’t want to be annexed by Canada. You can hate your government and elites but still wish to be an independent nation

[@mimishimura6314]

A pretty sad history actually

[@GhostCountries]

Definitely weird how countries with such a long history can, in a relatively short period of time, just vanish off the map. Sikkim not being the only example of that. 👻

[@RR-pc7yv]

@@GhostCountries Sikkim was already a protectorate state of India. There was already a movement going on within it for its merger with India, which was a forgone conclusion. Also, India is a civilizational nation whose political boundaries have a long history of contraction and expansion. Also culturally and civilizationally, Sikkim is more closer to India than to China which it was never a part of.

[@manitdoshi]

the annexation was wrong but tbh sikkim is better off with india with democracy and the nepalese finally having a voice for themselves.

[@GhostCountries]

Fair points, and it really did seem likely that if Sikkim were not a part of India, it likely would’ve just been absorbed by China.

[@mirrorreflect14]

Better off in hands of street poopers? really? How about you ask people from sikkim?

[@Wann-zo7rn2qn4i]

@@GhostCountries Might not have been a bad thing for Sikkim to be part of China since the per capita income of Tibet now is far higher than that of Sikkim. But then, I feel it would had been highly unlikely for China to absorb it. Sikkim was never part of the border dispute left by the British, unlike Arunachal Pradesh (or South Tibet, as the Chinese called it). China had always recognized Sikkim as an independent state prior to it being annexed by India.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

as far as annexations go, it it's pretty low on the list of morally / politically dubious.

[@tyt684]

OR Sikkim could have been an independent Buddhist state like Bhutan. Even though China and India will try to lobby their interests, Sikkimese could have maintained their own identity without getting diluted in Indian and Nepali culture. 😊

[@ashtonmascarenhas2583]

Sikkim should have been an independent state

[@TheBlackzman]

Yes

[@Akash-nb7lu]

You are from an enemy nation of India, right?

[@nikkialuzedjngfjgnf6008]

Well, it would've likely been invaded by China then, given its important position... wish life were that simple my friend

[@Akash-nb7lu]

@@nikkialuzedjngfjgnf6008 hmm

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

that's as silly as saying goa should've been part of portugal

[@theculturedjinni]

In this case the Indians and Russians seem to have similar attitudes to popular votes regarding autonomy and belonging of territories. 🤣

[@GhostCountries]

Yeah, even when taking account of the demographic changes in Sikkim and other factors, there's definitely still...uh, let's say questions surrounding the whole process of "merging" itself here.

[@theculturedjinni]

@@GhostCountries Indeed. It seems eerily familiar to me. But, I am sure everything was 100% legit🙄

[@amorselofrussian9356]

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[@pepe399]

Wtf? India ain't some coloniser like uk, china and Russia and never has been. It never annexed anything, by that logic all the 28 states and 8 UTs in india have been annexed by a part of pangea continent that drifted away from Africa to South asia and india didn't existed until 1947. India is just so diverse in every means that if u see than india itself will break in more than 10+ countries and not only Sikkim that is one of those India's north east part.

[@amorselofrussian9356]

@@pepe399 List of countries thatone peaceful country bombed/attacked after World War II: Korea and China (1950-53) Guatemala (1954) Indonesia (1958) Cuba (1959-61) Guatemala (1960) Congo (1964) Laos (1964-73) Vietnam (1961-73) Cambodia (1969-70) Guatemala (1967-69) Grenada (1983) Lebanon (1983,1984) Libya (1986) El Salvador (1980s) Nicaragua (1980s) Iran (1987) Panama (1989) Iraq (1991) Kuwait (1991) Somalia (1993) Bosnia (1994, 1995) Sudan (1998) Afghanistan (1998) Yugoslavia (1999) Yemen (2002) Iraq (1991-2003) Iraq (2003-2015) Afghanistan (2001-2015) Pakistan (2007-2015) Somalia (2007, 2008, 2011) Yemen (2009, 2011) Libya (2011, 2015) Syria (2014-2015) ... ....Which haven't prevented you from using Engish. And from having learned it.. Learn history, my friends! In 1947 Soviet Navy pevented the said country from invading India to set their imperialist rule. Or, maybe, you are not a true Indian, but come from the said peaceful country? Learning languages gives vast advantages, allowing one to immerse in various cultures. So, good people from every country, let's get united and learn some more languages!!!

[@hereticpreacher9341]

Your previous video part I rightly distinguish different tribes in sikkim. Original inhabitants are Lepcha and limbu/Tsong and later came Bhutia then like your video points nepali came. Thus, you must not put Tsong in nepali, Tsong are not nepali but distinct tribe of original inhabitant of sikkim. As you show the significant evidence of Lho-Men-Tsong sum showing the original inhabitants of sikkim, this was the treaty between Lepcha, Bhutia and Tsong/limbu. Hope in next video you'll be careful with historical facts😊 Thank you for very informative video ❤

[@MetalboxwithKanon]

Thankyou!

[@TheBlackzman]

Sikkim should be independent

[@manojthaku5496]

No they are happy with india.

[@TheBlackzman]

​@@manojthaku5496they was invaded my India tho

[@manojthaku5496]

@@TheBlackzman they VOTED

[@theculturedjinni]

First!

[@GhostCountries]

#1! 🏆

[@heroes69]

Yo

[@Darkest_matter]

How did india acqure the land east of bangladesh/west pakistan?

[@951sht]

You mean East Pakistan, not west. To answer your question, Assam was a part of British India and so part of India after partition. There were a few Princely States, but they signed Instruments of Accession before 1947/1950 and so became India.

[@Darkest_matter]

@@951sht the part east of Sikkim

[@951sht]

@@Darkest_matter east of sikkim is Bhutan and further east is Arunachal Pradesh which do you mean?

[@3haAD900]

@@Darkest_matter they joined india

[@kalindikale]

Map of India is wrong in the videos... Pls correct them