A Himalayan chess game /

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A Himalayan chess game / Andrew Duff - 2016.

The article looks at Sikkim, the last state of India to give up its monarchy, which became pawns in South Asia's great power politics. It also features its last King, Thondup Namgyal and his controversial marriage with an American woman, Hope Cooke.


HISTORY -- INDIA -- PAKISTAN
BRITISH INDIA -- SOUTH ASIA
POLITICS
INDO-PAKISTAN WAR
POLITICS
SIKKIM