List of political officers in the Kingdom of Sikkim

This article lists the political officers in the Kingdom of Sikkim from 1889 to 1975. Until 1947, political officers were British and acted as local representatives of the British Empire and British Raj. Following its independence in 1947, India continued to appoint its own political officers until 1975, when Sikkim became the 22nd state of India following a referendum.^[1] The officer also oversaw British trade agencies in Tibet.^[2]

Flag of the Kingdom of Sikkim from 1967 to 1975.

Map of Sikkim.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

No.	Portrait	Name	Term	Notes
British Political Officers
1		John Claude White	1889 – April 1908
2		Charles Alfred Bell	September 1906 – January 1907	Acting for White
3		Charles Alfred Bell	April 1908 – April 1918	1st time
4		James Leslie Rose Weir	10 August 1911 – 8 November 1911	Acting for Bell
5		Basil Gould	13 October 1913 – 5 October 1914	Acting for Bell
6		William L. Campbell	April 1918 – January 1920	Acting to March 1919
7		Charles Alfred Bell	January 1920 – December 1920	2nd time
8		John Bartley	7 December 1920 – 24 January 1921	Acting
9		William Frederick Travers O'Connor	January 1921 – March 1921	1st time, acting
10		David Macdonald	March 1921 – 18 June 1921
11		Frederick Marshman Bailey	19 June 1921 – 6 June 1926	1st time
12		Frederick Williamson	7 June 1926 – 16 December 1926	1st time, acting
13		Frederick Marshman Bailey	16 December 1926 – 16 October 1928	2nd time
14		James Leslie Rose Weir	16 October 1928 – 2 April 1931	1st time
15		Frederick Williamson	3 April 1931 – August 1931	2nd time, acting
16		James Leslie Rose Weir	5 November 1931 – 3 January 1933	2nd time
17		Frederick Williamson	4 January 1933 – 17 November 1935	3rd time
18		Richmond Keith Molesworth Battye	18 November 1935 – 22 December 1935	Acting
19		Basil Gould	22 December 1935 – May 1937	1st time
20		Hugh Edward Richardson	May 1937 – November 1937	Acting
21		Basil Gould	November 1937 – June 1945	2nd time. From 1941, Sir Basil Gould
22		Arthur John Hopkinson	June 1945 – 14 August 1947
Indian Political Officers
23		Arthur John Hopkinson	15 August 1947 – 1948
24		Harishwar Dayal	1948–1952
25		Balraj Krishna Kapur	March 1952 – 1955
26		Apa Parshuram Rao Pant	1955–1961
27		Inder Jeet Bahadur Singh	23 October 1961 – December 1963
28		Avtar Singh	1964–1966
29		Vincent Herbert Coelho	1966 – 21 June 1967
30		Nedyam Balachandran Menon	3 July 1967 – May 1970
31		Inder Sen Chopra	1970 – July 1972
32		Kayatyani Shankar Bajpai	1972–1974
33		Gurbachan Singh	1974 – 16 May 1975

See also

• Chogyal
• List of heads of government of the Kingdom of Sikkim
• History of Sikkim

References

1. Gupta, Ranjan (September 1975). "Sikkim: The Merger with India". Asian Survey. 15 (9): 786–798. doi:10.2307/2643174. JSTOR 2643174.
2. A. C. McKay (November 1992). "The Establishment of the British Trade Agencies in Tibet: A Survey". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Third Series. 2 (3): 399. JSTOR 25182574.

External links

• Ben Cahoon (2000). "Sikkim". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 8 July 2017.