if you think sikkim was obtain without force, read this from history: In 1947, a popular vote rejected Sikkim's joining the Indian Union and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru agreed to a special protectorate status for Sikkim. Sikkim was to be a tributary of India, in which India controlled its external defence, diplomacy and communication. A state council was established in 1955 to allow for constitutional government for the Chogyal. Meanwhile trouble was brewing in the state after the Sikkim National Congress demanded fresh elections and greater representation for the Nepalese. In 1973, riots in front of the palace led to a formal request for protection from India. The chogyal was proving to be extremely unpopular with the people. Sikkim was closed and little was known until American climber Caril Ridley happened into Gangtok and was able to smuggle photos and legal documentation out. When confirmed by China, India’s actions were brought into the spotlight of world awareness, However history had already been written and matters came to a head in 1975, when the Kazi (Prime Minister) appealed to the Indian Parliament for representation and change of Sikkim's status to a state of India. In April, the Indian Army moved in Sikkim, seizing the city of Gangtok, disarming the Palace Guards. Within two days the entire nation was in Indian hands. A referendum was held in which 97.5% of the people voted to join the Indian Union. A few weeks later on May 16, 1975, Sikkim officially became the 22nd state of the Indian Union, and monarchy was abolished. China eventually recognised Sikkim as an Indian state in 2003, which led to a thaw in Sino-Indian relations. In return, India announced its official recognition of Tibet as an integrated part of China. [wiki] United Nations did nothing because it was taken later with referendum. Those poor himali people were promised a lot of goodies but ultimately peace was what people wanted most and without India it was not possible. It shows how elected leader was able to sell the whole country when fighting over power was unleashed. Good thing that we were able to pass 1970s contemporary India. Now the condition of Nepal right now is in same as sikkim in 1973. Luck is with us that we are more nationalist and this is 2007. But if impasse continues and power equillibrium breaks nothing can be guranteed. We must have election as soon as possible. Remember, India as an animal who doesn't do its own hunting but is not ashamed to claim it later either. captain, that journalist answer was tamed. This could have been the better answer: " leave us alone. Leecher's cure for blood pressure cannot justify its presence."