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	'''Tumlong''' is a village in the [[India]]n [[states and territories of India\|state]] of [[Sikkim]] in northwestern India. It is located in the Mangan sub division of [[North Sikkim]] district ~~and~~ was ~~historically~~ the ~~third~~ capital of [[Kingdom of Sikkim]].		'''Tumlong''' is a village in the [[India]]n [[states and territories of India\|state]] of [[Sikkim]] in northwestern India. It is located in the Mangan sub division of [[North Sikkim]] district. it is on the bank of the Dik Chu river, a tributary of the [[Teesta River]].

			Tumlong was the capital of the [[Kingdom of Sikkim]] between 1793 and 1861. The Sikkim Chogyals had a palace here, and a summer palace in [[Chumbi]] in the Lower Chumbi Valley. There was route between the two locations via the [[Cho La (Sikkim and Tibet)\|Cho La]] pass. In 1861, the capital was moved to Gangtok in order to be closer to the [[Darjeeling district]], which was under the administration of the [[British Raj]].

	==History==		==History==
	~~In 1894, [[Thutob Namgyal]], the [[chogyal]] (monarch) shifted the capital of Sikkim from Tumlong to the current capital of [[Gangtok]].~~ Tumlong was the third capital after [[Yuksom]] and [[Rabdentse]] close to [[Nepal]]. After repeated raids, the capital was shifted to Tumlong, further inland, in 1793 by [[Tshudpud Namgyal]]. The [[Treaty of Tumlong]] was signed here in 1861 between the British and the Sikkim Rajah.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://sikkimarchives.gov.in/download/treaty_and_aggrements/Treaty%20of%20Tumlong%201861.pdf ~~\|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2013-10-28~~ \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203119/http://sikkimarchives.gov.in/download/treaty_and_aggrements/Treaty%20of%20Tumlong%201861.pdf \|archive-date=2013-10-29 \|df= }}</ref>		Tumlong was the third capital after [[Yuksom]] and [[Rabdentse]] close to [[Nepal]]. After repeated raids, the capital was shifted to Tumlong, further inland, in 1793 by [[Tshudpud Namgyal]]. The [[Treaty of Tumlong]] was signed here in 1861 between the British and the Sikkim Rajah.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Treaty of Tumlong, 1861\|url=http://sikkimarchives.gov.in/download/treaty_and_aggrements/Treaty%20of%20Tumlong%201861.pdf\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203119/http://sikkimarchives.gov.in/download/treaty_and_aggrements/Treaty%20of%20Tumlong%201861.pdf\|archive-date=2013-10-29\|access-date=\|df=}}</ref>

			In 1894, [[Thutob Namgyal]] shifted the capital of Sikkim from Tumlong to the current capital of [[Gangtok]].

	==Geography==		==Geography==

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'''Tumlong''' is a village in the [[India]]n [[states and territories of India|state]] of [[Sikkim]] in northwestern India. It is located in the Mangan sub division of [[North Sikkim]] district and was historically the third capital of [[Kingdom of Sikkim]].

==History==
In 1894, [[Thutob Namgyal]], the [[chogyal]] (monarch) shifted the capital of Sikkim from Tumlong to the current capital of [[Gangtok]]. Tumlong was the third capital after [[Yuksom]] and [[Rabdentse]] close to [[Nepal]]. After repeated raids, the capital was shifted to Tumlong, further inland, in 1793 by [[Tshudpud Namgyal]]. The [[Treaty of Tumlong]] was signed here in 1861 between the British and the Sikkim Rajah.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sikkimarchives.gov.in/download/treaty_and_aggrements/Treaty%20of%20Tumlong%201861.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-10-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203119/http://sikkimarchives.gov.in/download/treaty_and_aggrements/Treaty%20of%20Tumlong%201861.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-29 |df= }}</ref>

==Geography==
Tumlong is located at {{coord|27.42|N|88.58|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/0/Tumlong.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Tumlong]</ref> It has an average elevation of 1,473 metres (4,833 feet).

==People==
Many of the village's men are monks at the Buddhist monastery that rests at the top of the village. The villagers speak [[Sikkimese language|Sikkimese]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]] and [[Hindi]]. According to the 2011 census, the village's population is 425. The literacy rate is 78.28% compared to 81.42% for the district.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/260965-tumlong-sikkim.html|title=Tumlong Village Population - Mangan - North Sikkim, Sikkim|website=www.census2011.co.in|access-date=2018-07-19}}</ref>

== Services ==

===Education===
Tumlong has an elementary school and is a short walk from a high school.

===Healthcare===
In Tumlong (specifically in Phodong under the same ''[[gram panchayat]]'') there is a Primary Health Centre (PHC) with two residential doctors and a staff including nurses.

== Historical Photographs ==
<gallery>
LOUIS(1894) p151 TUMLONG - BUDDHIST PROCESSION.jpg|Buddhist Procession
LOUIS(1894) p146 PRAYER WHEELS.jpg|Prayer Wheels
LOUIS(1894) p124 TUMLONG - BUDDHIST MONASTERY.jpg|Buddhist Monastery
LOUIS(1894) p162 TUMLONG - THE PALACE.jpg|The '''Palace''' of Tumlong
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:History of Sikkim]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in North Sikkim district]]

{{Sikkim-geo-stub}}

Tumlong - Revision history

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