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Sikkimese people inhabit the Indian state of Sikkim. The indigenous peoples of Sikkim consist of the Lepcha migrating from Tibet Bhutias descendants of Buddhists who arrived from Tibet in 15th century who migrated from the Kham district of Tibet in the 14th century and Nepali descendants of Hindus who arrived from Nepal in the 19th century.

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