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Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events Volume 29; Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs Public Documents Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...rout of the Tibetan levies in September, 1888, did not suffice to settle the Sikkim difficulty, but removed it to the field of diplomacy. The Chinese Amban met the Foreign Secretary of the Indian Government at Gnatong, where months were consumed in ineffectual negotiations. Not only did the Lamas persist in their claim to the allegiance of the Rajah, but the Amban, who was expected to induce them to influence them to accede to the British demands, asserted that Sikkim was subject to suzerain rights of the Emperor of China, and that he could agree to no arrangement that did not embrace an annual ceremony of homage to China in recognition of this historical claim. The Indian Government thereupon broke off negotiations in January, 1880, and made a second direct appeal to the Chinese Government at Pekin, which sent a European official, Mr. Hart, to investigate and report on the situation. The British were compelled at a heavy pecuniary cost to maintain in Sikkim a force of soldiers that suffered severely from fevers and the inclemency of the climate. The Tibetans alternately stationed troops in fortified positions on their side of the pass and withdrew them. In May an Indian regiment was sent to re-enforce the garrison at Gnatong, and subsequently a battalion of European infantry and a battery of artillery. A treaty made between the Indian Government and Sikkim in 1801 stipulates that the Rajah shall retire to cloisters across the mountains only for short seasons, and that he must receivo no foreign military forces. The majority of his subjects on the Indian side of the Himalayas are Leptchas, who have suffered oppression from the Tibetans in times past, and resent the influence of the Tibetan priesthood over the prince, who is himself of Leptcha extraction. Th...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781236251176
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 896
  • Spine Width: 45 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1236251172
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1565 gr


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