Jharlangi was a practice of obligatory labour provided by the peasants in feudal Sikkim to the officials, state visitors.[1] Jharlangi was a forced labour imposed by the Kazis and Thikadars of Sikkim to the Sikkimese peasantry.[2]

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  1. ^ Fisher, J.F. (1978). Himalayan Anthropology: The Indo-Tibetan Interface. De Gruyter. p. 216. ISBN 9783110806496. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Sikkim- A Look Back View: Petition of 1946 by the peasants of Rhenock to the Maharaj Kumar Sahib of Sikkim". sikkim-historyhunter.blogspot.in. Retrieved 25 January 2016.