https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=115.96.86.213 Bharatpedia - User contributions [en] 2026-08-07T08:52:04Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yangang&diff=278720 Yangang 2021-06-20T13:15:33Z <p>115.96.86.213: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Yangang<br /> | native_name = <br /> | native_name_lang = <br /> | other_name = <br /> | nickname = <br /> | settlement_type = town<br /> | image_skyline = <br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | pushpin_map = India Sikkim#India3<br /> | pushpin_label_position = right<br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Sikkim, India<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|27|18|N|88|26|E|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Sikkim]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Sikkim|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[South Sikkim district|South Sikkim]]<br /> | established_title = &lt;!-- Established --&gt;<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | government_type = <br /> | governing_body = <br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_rank = <br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = <br /> | population_total = <br /> | population_as_of = <br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Bhutia language|Bhutia]], [[Lepcha language|Lepcha]], [[Limbu language|Limbu]], [[Newari language|Newari]], [[Kiranti languages|Rai]], [[Gurung language|Gurung]], Mangar, [[Sherpa language|Sherpa]], [[Tamang language|Tamang]] and [[Sunwar language|Sunwar]]<br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = &lt;!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --&gt;<br /> | postal_code = 737134<br /> | registration_plate =SK <br /> | website = <br /> | footnotes = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Yangang''' is a small town in [[South Sikkim]] district of the [[India]]n state of [[Sikkim]]. Yangang is the projected site for the construction of a [[Sikkim University]] campus.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080204/jsp/siliguri/story_8858265.jsp|title=Do-it-yourself mantra for varsity|last=Chettri|first=Vivek|date=2008-02-04|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=2008-05-15}}&lt;/ref&gt; Yangang is also the birthplace of the former Chief Minister of Sikkim (1994 - 2019), [[Pawan Kumar Chamling|Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling]]. The state's largest police training center is in Yangang. Yangang has a number of natural tourism resources including Mainam Hill (popularly known as Bhalay-Dhunga), Tig-Day Cho lake, Neya Khola Falls, Mahadev Than, Yangang Monastery, Gurung Monastery, Lepcha Monastery, Ramitay Bhir. Yangang will be soon have projects carried out in it such as the Ropeway to Bhalay Dhunga, Sky Walk at Bhalay Dhunga, Lepcha Heritage Center, and the Cultural Park.<br /> <br /> Notable People <br /> <br /> Dorjee Kazi - Former Minister <br /> Pawan Chamling - 5th Chief Minister of Sikkim <br /> BM Ramudamu - Former Minister <br /> CB Karki - Former Minister <br /> Ugen T Gyatsho - Former Minister <br /> LB Das - Speaker, Sikkim Legislative Assembly<br /> RN Chamling - Former MLA <br /> Nimthit Lepcha - Former MLA <br /> Bikash Basnet - Confidential Secretary to Chief Minister<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> Yangang is a small town in South Sikkim, which is slowly converging into a much happening place, an educational hub and a tourist destination with many projects up in the line.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cities and towns in South Sikkim district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Sikkim-geo-stub}}</div> 115.96.86.213