Sikkim (India)

Last modified: 2005-08-26 by rob raeside
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by Mario Fabretto

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  • 1877 - c. 1914
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• Tibetan Community in India

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From Barraclough (1971):

"Sikkim, formerly a protectorate of India, was incorporated as the twenty-second state of the union in May 1975, and the office of the hereditary ruler, the Chogyal, was abolished. Sikkim has, or had, a flag of white with a red border all round, and a yellow Chakra (fimbriated in red) in the centre."

"...the Chakra [is] a Buddhist symbol representing the Law of Dharma, or eternal change." The Chakra on the flag of Sikkim is different then the one on India's flag. It has eight spokes rather than the many spokes on India's, and has an ornate "nub" on the wheel at the head of each spoke.

In Flags of Aspirant Peoples the flag of Sikkim is similar to the one abo