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[[File:Sikkim_himali_rajya_parishad_party_symbol.png|thumb|SHRP symbol]]'''Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad''' ([[translation]]: ''Sikkim Himalayan State Association''), was a [[political party]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Sikkim]]. The party president was Dr. A.D. Subba.<ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061123/asp/siliguri/story_7037967.asp], [http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/programs/ai/rti/india/states/sikkim/sikkim_appoints_cic.pdf]</ref> Tara Shrestha was the general secretary of the party.<ref name="merger">[http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/may/may13/news05.php Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829073117/http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/may/may13/news05.php |date=2008-08-29 }}</ref>

In February 2004 SHRP together with [[Indian National Congress]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], [[Organization of Sikkimese Unity]] (OSU), [[Sikkim Gorkha Party]] (SGP), [[Sikkim Gorkha Prajatantrik Party]] (SGPP), [[Sikkim National Liberation Front]] (SNLF), [[Nepali Bhutia Lepcha]] (NEBULA), and [[Gorkha National Liberation Front]] as a joint political front.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.commission-refugies.fr/IMG/pdf/Inde.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2006-12-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061125191853/http://www.commission-refugies.fr/IMG/pdf/Inde.pdf |archivedate=2006-11-25 }}</ref>

In the [[2004 Indian general election|2004 parliamentary election]] SHRP contested the sole [[Lok Sabha]] seat in Sikkim. The party candidate, Tara Kumar Pradhan, came fourth with 2765 votes (1.26%).<ref>[http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/pollupd/pc/states/s21/pconst01.htm General Elections 2004 – Constituency wise detail for 1-Sikkim Constituency of SIKKIM] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930075253/http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/pollupd/pc/states/s21/pconst01.htm |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref>

In 2008, the party spoke out against a proposal to merge Sikkim with [[Darjeeling]].<ref name="merger"/>

In 2014, SHRP merged with [[Indian National Congress]].

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[[Category:Political parties in Sikkim]]
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