Treaty of Titalia

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The Treaty of Titalia was signed between the chogyal (monarch) of Sikkim and the British East India Company. The treaty, which was negotiated by Captain Latter in February 1817, guaranteed security of Sikkim by the British and returned Sikkimese land annexed by the Nepalese over the centuries. It followed the Anglo-Nepalese War, 1814-1816, in which the Nepalese were routed by the British forces. In return, the British were given trading rights, and rights of passage, up to the Tibet frontier. The treaty was named after Titalia, a place on the currant-day West Bengal-Bihar border. In the Gazette of Sikkim, 1894, by H. H. Risley, it was written that "the Treaty of Titalia British India has assumed the position of Lord's paramount of Sikkim and a title to exercise a predominant influence in that State has remained undisputed."