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TREATY OF TITALIA, 1817 ENTERED BETWEEN THE EAST INDIA COMPANY AND

SIKKIM GAVE FULL SOVEREIGNTY TO THE SIKKIMPUTTEE RAJHA OF ALL HILLY OR

MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY SITUATED TO THE EAST OF THE MECHI RIVER AND TO
THE WEST OF THE TEESTA RIVER FORMALLY OCCUPIED BY NEPAL.

TREATY OF TITALIA*

10.02.1817

TREATY, COVENANT or AGREEMENT entered into by CAPTAIN BARRE LATTER, AGENT
on the part of HIS EXCELLENCY, the RIGHT HON’BLE, the EARL OF MOIRA, K.G.,

GOVERNOR GENERAL, etc., and by NAZIR CHAINA TENJIN and MACHA TEINBAH and
LAMA DUCHIM LONGADOO, Deputies on the part of the RAJA OF SIKKMPUTTEE
being severally authorized and duly appointed for the above purposes – 1817.

ARTICLE I

The Honourable East India Company cedes, transfers and makes over in full
sovereignty to the Sikkimputtee Rajah, his heirs or successors, all the hilly or

mountainous country situated to the eastward of the Mechi river and to the westward
of the Teesta river, formerly possessed by the Rajah of Nepaul but ceded to the

Honourable East India Company by the treaty of peace signed at Segoulee.

ARTICLE II

The Sikkimputtee Rajah engages for himself and successors to abstain from
any acts of aggression or hostility against the Goorkhas or any other State.

ARTICLE III

That he will refer to the arbitration of the British Government any dispute or
question that may arise between his subjects and those of Nepaul or any other

neighbouring State and to abide by the decision of the British Government.

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