1 LalH., “Sikkim Development at a Price,” Himmat (Bombay), 1 June 1981.
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2 The Nation, (Gangtok)1982.
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3 Employment News, 5 February 1983, p.14.
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4 The Times of India (New Delhi), 25 September 1982, p.3.
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5 Report on the Elections to the Sikkim Legislative Assembly 1979 and General Election to Lok Sabha 1980. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer Sikkim, Gangtok. “By a proclamation dated 5 February 1974, cited as the Representation of Sikkim Subjects Act 1974, it was notified that the Assembly should consist of 32 members—15 including one Sangha were reserved for the Sikkimese of Lepcha-Bhutia origin and the remaining for Sikkimese Nepalis including the Tsong and Scheduled Castes, out of which one was reserved for persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes.”p. 1.
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6 Ibid. According to Ordinance No. 7 of 1979, of 7 September 1979, amending certain provisions of the Representation of the Peoples Act 1950 and 1951 and the Delimitation of the Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order 1976, out of 32 seats in the State Legislative Assembly, 12 were reserved for the Bhutia-Lepcha of Sikkimese origin, 2 seats for the Scheduled Castes, one seat for the Sangha and 17 seats as general seats.
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7 Sikkim Express (Gangtok), 28–31 August, 1981.
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8 Eastern Express (Gangtok), 14 March 1982.
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9 The Nation (Gangtok), 5–8 June 1982.
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10 Eastern Express, 20 September 1981.
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11 The Nation, 5–8 June, 1982.
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12 Sunday (Calcutta), 24 April 1982, p. 24.
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13 Himalayan Observer Weekly, (Darjeeling), 10 November 1979, p. 1.
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14 Himalayan Observer Monthly, 8 February 1982. p. 11.
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15 Surya (New Delhi), Vol. 5, no. 10, 8 July 1981, p. 29.
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16 ShuklaS.R., Sikkim: The Story of Integration (New Delhi, 1976), p. 77.
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17 Surya, n. 15, p. 60.
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18 Amrit Bazar Patrika (Calcutta), 10 November 1982.
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19 MyronWeiner, The Politics of Society (Bombay, 1963), p. 36.
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20 KaulJ.N., Problems of National Integration (Delhi, 1963), p. 69.
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21 Jawaharalal Nehru in his foreword to Werrier Elwin's, A Philosophy of Nefa, 2nd edition (Calcutta, 1964).
