The Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad (

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: ''Sikkim Himalayan State Association'') was a

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in the

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n state of

Sikkim Sikkim ( ; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Koshi Province of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the ...

. The party president was Dr. A.D. Subba. Tara Shrestha was the general secretary of the party.Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens
In February 2004 SHRP together with

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Organization of Sikkimese Unity An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is an entity—such as a company, or corporation or an institution (formal organization), or an association—comprising one or more people and having a part ...

(OSU), Sikkim Gorkha Party (SGP), Sikkim Gorkha Prajatantrik Party (SGPP),

Sikkim National Liberation Front Sikkim ( ; ) is a state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Koshi Province of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Sili ...

(SNLF),

Nepali Bhutia Lepcha NEBULA was a political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. NEBULA stands for Nepali Bhutia Lepcha, the three largest ethnic groups in the state. NEBULA was founded in 1999 when the former Deputy Chief Minister of Sikkim, P.T. Lucksom, was ex ...

(NEBULA), and

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as a joint political front. In the 2004 parliamentary election SHRP contested the sole

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seat in Sikkim. The party candidate, Tara Kumar Pradhan, came fourth with 2765 votes (1.26%).General Elections 2004 – Constituency wise detail for 1-Sikkim Constituency of SIKKIM
In 2008, the party spoke out against a proposal to merge Sikkim with

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. In 2014, SHRP merged with

References

Defunct political parties in Sikkim Political parties with year of establishment missing 2014 disestablishments in India Political parties disestablished in 2014 {{india-party-stub