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Re:Kingdom: Sikkim’s merger with India by magnusmundus on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @05:12AM (#25656302)
The next sentence states it was banned again after two months.

> In November 2010 [...] received an injunction from the court of Sikkim again banning the film.

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Re:Kingdom: Sikkim’s merger with India by thunderbong on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @05:39AM (#25656447)
Missed that somehow. Available on Youtube in India however -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWe067r5X-s

Also, having now watched the whole film, I couldn't quite fathom why it was banned in the first place!

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Re:Kingdom: Sikkim’s merger with India by mangamadaiyan on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @09:00AM (#25657761)
Apocryphally, for two diametrically opposite reasons - one, for showing that poverty existed in Sikkim, and two, for showcasing pre-annexation Sikkim as a "nice place". All the preceding is hearsay, anyway!
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