Sikkim Swatantra Dal (

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: ''Sikkim Independence Party'') was a

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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 was founded and led by Namgay Tsering and

Kazi Lhendup Dorji Kazi Lhendup Dorjee (11 October 1904 – 28 July 2007), also spelled Lhendup Dorji or Lhendup Dorji Khangsarpa was an Indian politician who was the first chief minister of Sikkim from 1975 to 1979 after its union with India. He was the first Pri ...

.Joshi, Hargovind.
Sikkim: Past and Present
'. New Delhi: Mittal Publications, 2004. pp. 119-120 The latter served as the president of the party.Grover, Verinder, and Ranjana Arora.
Encyclopaedia of India and Her States. Vol. 2, Documents on India, Her States and Elections
'. New Delhi

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Deep & Deep, 1996. p. 217 The party was launched ahead of the November 1958 election, formed after a split from the

Sikkim State Congress The Sikkim State Congress, or ''SSC'', was an annexationist political party in the Kingdom of Sikkim. It was founded in 1947 and worked closely with the Indian National Congress (INC) to successfully achieve the annexation of Sikkim to India. Oth ...

.Grover, B.S.K..
Sikkim and India: storm and consolidation
'. Jain Bros., 1974. p. 47 The party called for the abolition of the communal electoral system.Bareh, H. M.
Sikkim
'. New Delhi: Mittal Publ, 2001. pp. 101-102 Kazi Lhendup Dorji contested the November 1958 election, but lost his seat. All in all, Swantantra Dal won a single seat in the election (a

Bhutia The Bhutias (exonym; Nepali: भुटिया, "People from Tibet") or Drejongpas (endonym; , THL: dre-jong pa, "People of the Rice Valley") are a Tibetan ethnic group native to the Indian state of Sikkim who speak Drejongke, a Tibetic ...

- Lepcha seat). Swatantra Dal took part in a conference, together with the

Sikkim National Party Sikkim National Party was a political party in the Kingdom of Sikkim, formed in 1950. The Sikkim National Party was in favour of the monarchy and advocated independence for Sikkim. The party was founded to counter the growing influence of the pro ...

and the Scheduled Castes League, held in

Melli Melli (also spelled Malli) is a town on the West Bengal-Sikkim border near the River Teesta. The town consists of two markets, one lying on NH10 in Kalimpong district of West Bengal and the other in Namchi district of Sikkim. Melli Railw ...

September 24-25, 1959. The conference demanded a full-fledged responsible government. In May 1960 Kazi Lhendup Dorji founded a new party, the

Sikkim National Congress Sikkim National Congress ( SNC) was a political party in the Kingdom of Sikkim. It was founded in 1962, through a merger of Swatantra Dal, Rajya Praja Sammelan, and dissidents of the then-dominant parties, Sikkim State Congress and Sikkim ...

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{{reflist Defunct political parties in Sikkim 1958 establishments in Sikkim Political parties established in 1958 Political parties disestablished in 1960