PREM SINGH GOLAY

About: 

• Governor Ganga Prasad administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr Golay and his cabinet colleagues in Gangtok this morning. 
  
  
• The SKM, which was founded in 2013, won a slender majority in the 32-member legislative assembly by bagging 17 seats against 15 won by Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), a party led by five-time outgoing chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling. 
  
  

Sikkim: Brief History 

• Sikkim as a state came into being in 1642 under the rule of Chogyal dynasty and in 1890 it came under British rule and became of protectorate state of British.
  
  
• Sikkim did not become a part of India when it became an independent Union in 1947.
  
  
• The Government of India signed a treaty in 1950 with the Chogyal of Sikkim which in effect made it a protectorate which was no longer part of India. I.e. India had responsibility for defence, external affairs and communications, and ultimate responsibility for law and order, but Sikkim was otherwise given full internal autonomy.
  
  
• In 1973, anti-Chogyal agitations broke out; the agitators demanded the conduct of popular elections. Many believe Indian agencies were also involved in fuelling unrest in the state.
  
  
• Elections were held, and his opponents won an overwhelming victory and they requested India to admit it in union of India. In 1975 Sikkim was made a part of India after the 35th Constitutional Amendment and was made as its 22nd state.