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. The officer also oversaw British trade agencies in Tibet.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

No. Portrait Name Term Notes British Political Officers1John Claude White1889 – April 19082Charles Alfred BellSeptember 1906 – January 1907Acting for White3Charles Alfred BellApril 1908 – April 19181st time4 10 August 1911 – 8 November 1911Acting for Bell5Basil Gould13 October 1913 – 5 October 1914Acting for Bell6 William L. CampbellApril 1918 – January 1920Acting to March 19197Charles Alfred BellJanuary 1920 – December 19202nd time8 John Bartley7 December 1920 – 24 January 1921Acting9William Frederick Travers O'ConnorJanuary 1921 – March 19211st time, acting10 David MacdonaldMarch 1921 – 18 June 192111Frederick Marshman Bailey19 June 1921 – 6 June 19261st time12 Frederick Williamson7 June 1926 – 16 December 19261st time, acting13Frederick Marshman Bailey16 December 1926 – 16 October 19282nd time14 James Leslie Rose Weir16 October 1928 – 2 April 19311st time15 Frederick Williamson3 April 1931 – August 19312nd time, acting16 James Leslie Rose Weir5 November 1931 – 3 January 19332nd time17 Frederick Williamson4 January 1933 – 17 November 19353rd time18 Richmond Keith Molesworth Battye18 November 1935 – 22 December 1935Acting19Basil Gould22 December 1935 – May 19371st time20Hugh Edward RichardsonMay 1937 – November 1937Acting21Basil GouldNovember 1937 – June 19452nd time. From 1941, Sir Basil Gould22 Arthur John HopkinsonJune 1945 – 14 August 1947 Indian Political Officers23 Arthur John Hopkinson15 August 1947 – 194824 Harishwar Dayal1948–195225 Balraj Krishna KapurMarch 1952 – 195526 Apa Parshuram Rao Pant1955–196127 Inder Jeet Bahadur Singh23 October 1961 – December 196328 Avtar Singh1964–196629 Vincent Herbert Coelho1966 – 21 June 196730 Nedyam Balachandran Menon3 July 1967 – May 197031 Inder Sen Chopra1970 – July 197232 Kayatyani Shankar Bajpai1972–197433 Gurbachan Singh1974 – 16 May 1975

See also Chogyal List of heads of government of the Kingdom of Sikkim History of Sikkim

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