50th Anniversary of Sikkim’s Statehood

  • On 29 May 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addressed the event “Sikkim@50: Where Progress Meets Purpose and Nature Nurtures Growth” held in Gangtok, Sikkim, to mark the 50th anniversary of Sikkim’s statehood.
  • May 16 is annually commemorated as Sikkim Day, marking the former kingdom’s integration with India in 1975.
  • The princely state of Sikkim became an associate state of India in 1974 through the 35th Constitutional Amendment Act.
  • A year later, following a referendum in which nearly 97% of the population voted in favor of merging with India, Sikkim was formally integrated as the 22nd state of the Indian Union under ....
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