National symbols of Sikkim

Location of the Annexed Territory, Kingdom of Sikkim map.

1965 Sikkim

Location of Sikkim, within India.

Sikkim (Nepali:सिक्किम, Sikkimi:དེན་ཇོནྒ) had been a Kingdom and a Protectorate in British India in the Eastern Himalayas and was annexed to the modern Republic of India since 1975, with USA support. The people are of Nepali heritage, ruled by a Tibetan dynasty. Its neighbours are Bhutan to the east, Nepal to the west, the Tibet Autonomous Region of P.R.C. to the north and the Indian province of West Bengal to its south. It has the smallest number of people and second smallest land size (7,110 square kilometres or 2,750 square miles) of any major divisions now in the succeeded Republic of India. The third highest mountain in the world, Mt. Kanchenjunga (8,597 metres or 28,205 feet above sea level), is in Sikkim. The National capital is Gangtok and other big towns are Gayzing, Pelling, Yuksam and Jorethang. The languages spoken here are Sikkimese, Lepcha, Tibetan, Nepali and now Hindi, Bengali and Indian English. Tourism makes a lot of the money in this small organised state of India, because it is not close to the sea.

The Former National symbols of the Kingdom of Sikkim were the symbols that were used in the present-day Sikkim and abroad to represent the country and its people.

Symbols

	Symbol	Image
Coat of arms	National Coat of arms of Sikkim	State Coat of Arms of Sikkim
Flag	National flag of Sikkim	State Flag of Sikkim
Flowers	National flower of Sikkim Cymbidium goeringii/Dendrobium nobile	State Flower of Sikkim
Plant	National plant of Sikkim Allium sikkimense	State Plant of Sikkim
Tree	National tree of Sikkim Rhododendron niveum	State Tree of Sikkim
Bird	National bird of Sikkim Ithaginis cruentus	State Bird of Sikkim
Animal	National animal of Sikkim Ailurus fulgens styani	State Animal of Sikkim