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- proper noun State capital of
Sikkim (India ).
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The survey for further extension upto Gangtok, which is 69 km further away, has also been completed and the survey report is being examined by the ministry.
unknown title 2009
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More than 100 people were injured by mudslides, falling debris and collapsing buildings in Gangtok.
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Several thousand people fled damaged home to government shelters in Gangtok.
Magnitude 6.8 quake in India, several dead Reuters 2011
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Shops, businesses and offices were closed in Gangtok and neighboring areas, the resident said.
Magnitude 6.8 quake in India, several dead Reuters 2011
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"People are still panicky," Pawan Thapa, a resident of Gangtok, capital of Sikkim, told Reuters by phone.
Magnitude 6.8 quake in India, several dead Reuters 2011
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Altaf Qadri/Associated Press Residents point at debris of a collapsed building Gangtok.
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EPA Police inspects a collapsed building near Gangtok, India.
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Manan Vatsyayana/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Residents camped outdoors for fear of another earthquake in Gangtok, in India's state of Sikkim, Monday.
India in Pictures 2011
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Anupam Nath/Associated Press A boy shows a crack of damaged road on the Sikkim state capital Gangtok, Monday.
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Anupam Nath/Associated Press An injured boy kissed his mother as he waited medical treatment in a hospital in Gangtok, India, Tuesday.
Asia in Pictures 2011
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