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The following lists events that happened during '''[[1975]] in [[Sikkim]]'''.<br />
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==Events==<br />
===April===<br />
* 10 April - The legislature for Sikkim, located in the [[Himalayan Mountains]], voted to abolish the monarchy and to make the nation one of the states of India.<ref>"Kingdom to Seek Indian Statehood", ''Milwaukee Sentinel'', 11 April 1975, p3</ref><br />
* 14 April - [[1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum|Voters in Sikkim]] overwhelmingly approved abolishing that nation's monarchy and merging with neighboring India. The final result was 59,637 in favor and only 1,496 against.<ref>"Sikkim approves India tie", ''Windsor (ON) Star'', 16 April 1975, p32</ref><br />
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===May===<br />
* 16 May - Sikkim became the 22nd state of [[India]] and its 200,000 residents became citizens, as Indian President [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]] signed an order ratifying an amendment to the nation's constitution. Sikkimese voters had overwhelmingly approved annexation on 14 April and India's Parliament had approved statehood the same month.<ref>"India finishes annexing move", ''Regina Leader-Post'', 17 May 1975, p18</ref><br />
* 16 May - [[B. B. Lal (politician)|B. B. Lal]] was made the first governor of the new state of Sikkim.<ref name="governor">{{cite web |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP880-1-6-48 |page=384|title=Sikkim Durbar Gazette notifications |date= |author= |access-date= 17 June 2021}}</ref> Till 15th May, he served as the Chief Executive of the Kingdom of Sikkim.<br />
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