by Andrew Duff
Indian concerns about Thondup’s autonomy agenda ref1
‘The Indian Takeover of Sikkim’ (Forster, O.) ref1
issue for India of, Nehru’s ambivalence on ref1
law in, Indian appropriation of ref1
location of ref1
Namgyal family powerbase in, destruction of ref1
National Congress (SNC) Party in ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
National Party ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
newspapers in ref1
People’s Democratic Party ref1
political movements in, beginnings of ref1
power arrangements post China-Tibet arrangements, frustrations of ref1
power-brokers in, Das’ perceptions of ref1
proposed constitution for, public disquiet about ref1
rival political parties in, distinction between ref1
separate identity for
Thondup’s determined promotion of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
threats to ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
State Congress (SSC) ref1, ref2, ref3
story of, cautionary tale in ref1
Treaty (1950) between India and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22
tripartite agreement on
complications of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
signing of (8th May, 1973) ref1
Sikkim: The Story of Integration (Shukla, S.) ref1
Sikkim Bulletin ref1
Sikkim Congress ref1, ref2, ref3n, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
‘Sikkim Council’ ay Asia Society, New York ref1
Sikkim (fortnightly publication) ref1
Sikkim Guards ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16
dissolution of ref1
Sikkim Herald ref1, ref2
Sikkim Students Association ref1
Sikkim Subjects Certificate ref1
Sikkim Trading Corporation ref1
Sikkim Youth Pioneers ref1, ref2
Siliguri (and Siliguri corridor) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Sing, Dinesh ref1
Singh, Avtar ref1, ref2, ref3
Singh, General Uban ref1, ref2
Singh, Gurbachan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Singh, Kewal ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
dissenters against anti-Chogyal movement, concerns about ref1
Indian policy, change from aggressive to conciliatory ref1
request for assistance from Thondup, receipt of ref1
Singh, Swaran ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Singtam and Singtam Bridge ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Sino-Indian War (1962) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Smash and Grab: Annexation of Sikkim (Datta-Ray, S.K.) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4n, ref5n
Soviet Union ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Indian collusion over Sikkim with, Chinese suspicions of ref1
Indo-Soviet Treaty (1971) ref1, ref2, ref3
Stalin, Josef ref1
The Statesman (Calcutta) ref1, ref2
Statesman’s Yearbook ref1
Steedman, Martha see Hamilton, Martha
Stitt, Chris ref1
Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau ref1
Sukarno, President of Indonesia ref1
Sunday Observer ref1, ref2
Sunday Times ref1, ref2
Symington, James ref1, ref2
Taiwan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4n, ref5, ref6
Tan Kuan-sen, Chinese General in Lhasa ref1
Tashi, Gompo ref1, ref2, ref3
Tawang Valley ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
The Telegraph ref1, ref2n
Thant, U ref1
Thapa, Kaiser Bahadur ref1
Thondup, Gyalo ref1, ref2, ref3
Thondup see Namgyal, Palden Thondup, 12th Chogyal of Sikkim (known as Thondup)
Thorpe, Jeremy ref1, ref2
Thought journal ref1
Tibet ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
British imperial policy, hangover from ref1, ref2
earthquake in east of ref1
as front in Cold War, US interest in ref1
house-building by Chinese in ref1
India and, difficulties of situation between ref1
Khampa freedom fighters ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
organized opposition to China, development of ref1, ref2, ref3
Sikkim and, familial ties ref1
trade mission to US and Britain ref1
see also Dalai Lama
Tibet and the British Raj (McKay, A.) ref1n
Tibetology, Bulletin of ref1
Tibetology, Institute in Dharamsala of ref1, ref2, ref3
Time Change (Cooke, H.) ref1
Time magazine ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17
The Times ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Tinkar Pass ref1
Tolstoy, Ilya ref1
Topden, Karma ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Train, John ref1, ref2, ref3
Tripartite agreement see Sikkim, tripartite agreement on
Tsering, Sonam ref1
Tsuklakhang Palace ref1, ref2
Tsuklakhang Trust ref1
Tung Ko-Yung (Debevoise and Plimpton) ref1
Turner, John ref1, ref2
United Nations (UN) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Chinese aggression in Tibet, debate on ref1
Chinese membership of Security Council ref1
United States ref1, ref2, ref3
Asian policies, shift in ref1
Asian post-colonial confidence, competing priorities and ref1
China and, rapprochement between ref1
Embassy in Delhi ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Himalayan politics, increased interest in ref1
India and, improvement in relationship ref1
India-Nepal antagonism, problem for ref1
Nepal, relationship with ref1, ref2
sensitivity to events in Sikkim ref1
Tibet as front in Cold War, interest in ref1
see also Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Varanasi, holy city of ref1, ref2
Vietnam War ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Vreeland, Diana and Fred ref1
Waldock, Sir Humphrey ref1
Washington Post ref1, ref2
Westmoreland, General William ref1
White, British political officer Claude ref1, ref2, ref3n, ref4
Wikileaks ref1
Williams, Dr Roger ref1
Wilson, Harold (and government of) ref1, ref2
Xinhua news agency ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Yongda, Sonam, Captain of Sikkim Guards (monk in Pemayangtse Monastery) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
mission to Nepal ref1
Rangpo, incident at ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Younghusband, Francis (and Younghusband Expedition, 1904) ref1, ref2n, ref3, ref4
Zhang Jingwu ref1
Zhou Enlai ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
1. The author’s grandfather in the Himalayas, c. 1928
2. Crown Prince Thondup Namgyal (second from left) with his two sisters Princess Kula (fourth from left) and Princess Coocoola (second from right), his mother, Maharani Kunzang Dechhen Tshomo (centre) and other members of Sikkim’s Royal family, c. 1940s. Taken on the slope of the Maharani’s residence, known today as ‘Mintokgang’, the residence of the Chief Minister of Sikkim (Photographer: Yap Tse Ten Tashi. Collection of Tenzin C. Tashi. From the original collection of late Chum Renchin D. Rechung)
3. Princess Pema Tsedeun Namgyal (Princess Coocoola) on her wedding day at the Tsuklakhang Royal chapel i
n October 1941. She smiles at her paternal aunt, Rani Choeni Dorji, sister of Chogyal Tashi Namgyal, who married Raja Dorji of Bhutan. (Photographer: Yap Tse Ten Tashi. Henry Baker Collection, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology)
4. The Dalai Lama, with the Panchen Lama behind (both on horseback) coming down from Natu La Pass, 1956, on the way to the Buddha Jayanti. The Sikkim flag is in the background (Collection of late Martha Steedman/Patrick Hamilton)
5. Crown Prince Thondup Namgyal (far right) with Nari Rustomji, Dewan of Sikkim 1954–9 (second from right), Maharani Kunzang Dechhen Tshomo, Thondup’s mother (second from left) and Nari Rustomji’s mother, late 1950s (Collection of Tenzin C. Tashi from the original collection of Sem T.O. Tashi)
6. Hope Cooke, Crown Prince Thondup Namgyal, Martha Hamilton (left to right) outside PNG Girls’ school, c. 1963 (Collection of late Martha Steedman/Patrick Hamilton)
7. Children from the Paljor Namgyal Girls’ School, digging trenches against the Chinese threat, October 1965 (Collection of late Martha Steedman/Patrick Hamilton)
8. A Chinese soldier gesticulates at Lt-Col. Rai Singh of 2 Grenadiers, Indian Army, during the tense stand-off at the Nathu La in 1967 (Collection of Brig. Rai Singh, courtesy of Squadron Leader Rana T.S. Chhina (Retd))
9. Hope Cooke (Gyalmo) and Chogyal Thondup Namgyal, studio photograph, late 1960s (Collection of Tenzin C. Tashi from the original collection of Sem T.O. Tashi)
10. Hope Cooke (Gyalmo) dancing, watched by Chogyal Thondup Namgyal, c. late 1960s (Collection of Sem T.O. Tashi)
11. Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi with the Kennedys (at a dinner in Prime Minister of India Nehru’s honour in Washington), 7 November 1961 (Photographer: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
12. Cartoon from the Hindustan Times, mocking Indira Gandhi, around the time of the vote to make Sikkim an ‘Associate State’, September 1974 (Courtesy of Hindustan Times)
13. Letter (extract) from Chogyal Thondup Namgyal, to Martha Hamilton, date 19 July 1974 (Collection of late Martha Steedman/Patrick Hamilton)
14. The Kazi and the Kazini outside the Raj Bhawan with first governor of Sikkim, BB Lal, c. late 1970s. Left to right: The Kazi, HH the 16th Karmapa Lama, BB Lal, The Kazini (Collection of Sem T.O. Tashi)
15. The Kazi and the Kazini, c. mid 1970s (G.N Khangsarpa collection, courtesy of Namgyal Institute of Tibetology)
16. Beleaguered monarch – Thondup Namgyal, c. 1981 (Photographer: Yap Paljor Dorji Tashi. Collection of Tenzin C. Tashi from the original collection of Sem T.O. Tashi)
1. Crown Prince Thondup Namgyal, Chogyal Sir Tashi Namgyal with Apa Pant (Sikkim’s political officer), outside Royal Chapel, early 1960s (Collection of late Martha Steedman/Patrick Hamilton)
2. Crown Prince Thondup Namgyal and family, including first wife, Sangey Deki, c. 1956 (Left to right: Princess Coocoola (in Tibetan hat), Sir Tashi Namgyal, George Namgyal, Sangey Deki (Thondup’s first wife), Apa Pant, Tenzing Namgyal (face obscured) and Crown Prince Thondup Namgyal (Collection of late Martha Steedman/Patrick Hamilton)
3. Hope Cooke and Crown Prince Thondup Namgyal, newly married, 1963 (Collection of late Martha Steedman/Patrick Hamilton)
4. Hope Cooke at the Royal Wedding, March 1963, with her step-children Wongchuk Namgyal, Yangchen Namgyal, Tenzing Namgyal (Collection of late Martha Steedman/Patrick Hamilton)
5. Coronation ceremony of Chogyal Thondup Namgyal and Hope Cooke (Gyalmo), Gangtok, Sikkim, April 1965 (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. Dr Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs [LC-DIG-ppmsca-30216])
6. Chogyal Thondup Namgyal on throne at his coronation, April 1965. (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. Dr Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs [LC-DIG-ppmsca-30219])
7. Chogyal Thondup Namgyal, late 1960s (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. Dr Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs [LC-DIG-ppmsca-30179])
8. Chinese and Indian border emplacements at the Natu La Pass after tensions flared between India and China, late 1960s (Collection of late Martha Steedman/Patrick Hamilton)
9. Mt Chomolhari from Natu La Pass, late 1960s (Collection of late Martha Steedman/Patrick Hamilton)
10. Chogyal Thondup Namgyal, Hope Cooke (Gyalmo), with their children Hope Leezum and Palden, seated on cloth on the ground, c. 1971 (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. Dr Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs [LC-DIG-ppmsca-30801])
11. Chogyal Thondup Namgyal and Hope Cooke (Gyalmo) with their daughter Hope Leezum watching birthday celebrations in Gangtok, April 1971 (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. Dr Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs [LC-DIG-ppmsca-30171])
12. Sikkim Guards parading in Gangtok, c. 1960s (Collection of late Martha Steedman/Patrick Hamilton)
13. Princess Coocoola and Martha Hamilton at Sports Ground, 1964. (Note Sikkim flag in left of picture) (Collection of late Martha Steedman/Patrick Hamilton)
14. Chogyal Thondup Namgyal and Hope Cooke (Gyalmo) with members of the court on palace lawns, Gangtok, April 1971 (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. Dr Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs [LC-DIG-ppmsca-30164])
15. Indira Gandhi outside Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, early 1980s (Collection of Namgyal Institute of Tibetology)
16. Children from Paljor Namgyal Girls School looking after Khadas domated at funeral of Thondup Namgyal, February 1982 (Collection of Ishbel Ritchie)
