Tumlong is a village in the Indian state of Sikkim. It is located in North Sikkim district and was historically the third royal capital of Sikkim. In 1894, Thutob Namgyal, the chogyal (monarch) shifted the capital of Sikkim from Tumlong to the current Gangtok. Tumlong was the third capital after Yuksom and Rabdentse close to Nepal. After repeated raids, the capital was shifted to Tumlong, further inland, in 1793 by Tshudpud Namgyal. The Treaty of Tumlong was signed here in 1861 between the British and the Sikkim Rajah.
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