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Pakyong Airport Renaming
March 2 , 2026
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- The Sikkim Chief Minister announced that Pakyong Airport will be renamed as Trilochan Pokhrel Airport to honour the freedom fighter Trilochan Pokhrel.
- Trilochan Pokhrel, also called “Gandhi Pokhrel,” was Sikkim’s first independence activist.
- He participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920–22), Civil Disobedience Movement (1930–34), and Quit India Movement (1942).
- Pakyong Airport is the only airport in Sikkim.
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