Indigenous peoples of Sikkim
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The indigenous people of Sikkim are the Lepchas; the naturalized ethnic populations of Limbus, Bhutias, Kiratis, Indian Gorkhas or Indian Nepali/Nepalese who have an enduring presence in shaping the history of modern Sikkim.
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Indigenous peoples of Sikkim
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The indigenous people of Sikkim are the Lepchas; the naturalized ethnic populations of Limbus, Bhutias, Kiratis, Indian Gorkhas or Indian Nepali/Nepalese who have an enduring presence in shaping the history of modern Sikkim. Historically, Sikkim was a Princely State in the eastern Himalayas, a protectorateof India. Lepchas were the main inhabitants as well as the Ruler of the land upto 1641. Lepchas are generally considered to be the first people, indigenous to Sikkim, while the major ethnic communities are mostly communities that function as tribal entities or ethnolinguistic groups with their own historical inception surrounding Sikkim and origins beyond the former Himalayan Kingdom. Apart from the Lepcha population, ethnic Limbu and Thapa population settled Early/Medieval Sikkim or present day political or historical Greater Sikkim and withstanding landmarks of forts and villages inhabited by the two ethnic populations in eastern, western regions of present day Sikkim is speculated. The presence of the two populations prior to pre-monarchical Sikkim is to be further studied.
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