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| Article Name : | | | PERSPECTIVES OF CHANGING GEO-POLITICAL SETUP -- PAST AND PRESENT, SIKKIM, INDIA | | Author Name : | | | SANDIPAN CHAKRABORTY AND SANGHAMITRA SARKAR | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2238 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | A land of massive natural uniqueness, Sikkim portrays its distinctiveness in the process of its nation building process too. Ruled for a long time by the monarchs and their monarchies, the state was isolated for a very long time from the main landmass of India. The population change of the area, as it was constantly immigrated from the neigbouring countries had a great reflectance on the change of kingship in the past to its present political set up. Related to this phenomenon is the division of people in various castes and groups. Its history of modernity in every walks of life and politics is very recent. Hence the present paper is just an effort to highlight yet another piece of rarity of the land in terms of its past and present caste, geographic boundary shifting in the administrative arena as well as its reflectance on the societal structure. | | Keywords : | | - Caste and political structure.,
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