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<p>removed <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1958_establishments_in_India&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1958 establishments in India (page does not exist)">Category:1958 establishments in India</a>; added <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1958_establishments_in_Sikkim&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1958 establishments in Sikkim (page does not exist)">Category:1958 establishments in Sikkim</a> using <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:HC" class="extiw" title="wp:HC">HotCat</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Sikkim Swatantra Dal&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[translation]]: &#039;&#039;Sikkim Independence Party&#039;&#039;) was a [[political party]] in [[Sikkim]]. The party was founded and led by Namgay Tsering and [[Kazi Lhendup Dorji]].&lt;ref name=&quot;p&quot;&gt;Joshi, Hargovind. &#039;&#039;[https://books.google.com/books?id=L7gIVNzkN2YC&amp;pg=PA119 Sikkim: Past and Present]&#039;&#039;. New Delhi: Mittal Publications, 2004. pp. 119-120&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;Datta-Ray, Sunanda K. &#039;&#039;[https://books.google.com/books?id=RCMuAAAAMAAJ Smash and Grab: Annexation of Sikkim]&#039;&#039;. New Delhi: Vikas, 1984. p. 103&lt;/ref&gt; The latter served as the president of the party.&lt;ref&gt;Grover, Verinder, and Ranjana Arora. &#039;&#039;[https://books.google.com/books?id=lPRtAAAAMAAJ Encyclopaedia of India and Her States. Vol. 2, Documents on India, Her States and Elections]&#039;&#039;. New Delhi [India]: Deep &amp; Deep, 1996. p. 217&lt;/ref&gt; The party was launched ahead of the November 1958 election, formed after a split from the [[Sikkim State Congress]].&lt;ref name=&quot;g&quot;&gt;Grover, B.S.K.. &#039;&#039;[https://books.google.com/books?id=Nr0BAAAAMAAJ Sikkim and India: storm and consolidation]&#039;&#039;. Jain Bros., 1974. p. 47&lt;/ref&gt; The party called for the abolition of the communal electoral system.&lt;ref name=&quot;s101&quot;&gt;Bareh, H. M. &#039;&#039;[https://books.google.com/books?id=jrr7HPr8NAQC&amp;pg=PA101 Sikkim]&#039;&#039;. New Delhi: Mittal Publ, 2001. pp. 101-102&lt;/ref&gt; Kazi Lhendup Dorji contested the November 1958 election, but lost his seat.&lt;ref name=&quot;s101&quot;/&gt; All in all, Swantantra Dal won a single seat in the election (a [[Bhutia]]-[[Lepcha people|Lepcha]] seat).&lt;ref name=&quot;g&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> Swatantra Dal took part in a conference, together with the [[Sikkim National Party]], [[Sikkim State Congress]] and the Scheduled Castes League, held in [[Melli]] September 24-25, 1959. The conference demanded a full-fledged responsible government.&lt;ref name=&quot;s101&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> In May 1960 Kazi Lhendup Dorji founded a new party, the [[Sikkim National Congress]].&lt;ref name=&quot;p&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Portal|Politics}}<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> [[Category:Defunct political parties in Sikkim]]<br /> [[Category:1958 establishments in Sikkim]]<br /> [[Category:Political parties established in 1958]]<br /> [[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1960]]</div>

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