The two Newar trade families of Lachhimidas Pradhan and Chandrabir Maskey from princely estates of Kathmandu were given land as a contract or ‘’thika’’.
[6] In 1867, Newar trader Lachhimidas Pradhan was the first Nepalese to be given territories in East and South Sikkim by Khangsa Dewan and Phudong Lama under British influence by issuing a “Sanad”(ordinance) establishing a hereditary feudal estates.
In the same year an agreement was reached between the two families where Chandrabir Maskey was given the Pendam, Temi, Regu, Pakyong and Chotta Pathing estates.
Lachhimidas Pradhan and his family took control of the estate bordering Majitar to Kaleej khola and Barmick in South Sikkim.
They are credited with bringing coinage system to Sikkim and contributing to economic and agricultural growth of the Himalayan state.