- Treaty of Titalia
The Treaty of Titalia was signed between the
chogyal (monarch) ofSikkim and theBritish East India Company . The treaty, which was negotiated by Captain Latter in February 1817, guaranteed security of Sikkim by the British and returned Sikkimese land annexed by the Nepalese over the centuries. It followed theAnglo-Nepalese War ,1814 -1816 , in which the Nepalese were routed by the British forces. In return, the British were given trading rights, and rights of passage, up to theTibet frontier. The treaty was named afterTitalia , a place on the currant-dayWest Bengal -Bihar border. In the Gazette of Sikkim,1894 , by H. H. Risley, it was written that "the Treaty of Titalia British India has assumed the position of Lord's paramount of Sikkim and a title to exercise a predominant influence in that State has remained undisputed."ee also
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List of treaties References
* [http://www.billbuxton.com/lexicon.html A Lexicon of Vocabulary, Events and Treaties from India and Central Asia]
* [http://sikkim.nic.in/sws/sikk_his.htm History of Sikkim] – Government of Sikkim
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