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Bhutan was founded and unified as a country by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche in the mid–17th century. After his death in 1651, ... Regents of nations: ...
Bhutan agreed to return to its pre-1730 boundaries, paid a symbolic tribute of five horses to Britain, and, among other concessions, allowed the British to harvest timber in Bhutan. Subsequent missions to Bhutan were made by the British in 1776, 1777, and 1783, and commerce was opened between British India and Bhutan, and, for a short time, Tibet.
Grand Master of the Royal Order of Bhutan (14/12/2006). Grand Master of the Order of the Wheel of the Thunder Dragon (01/2008). Grand Master of the National Order of Merit (07/11/2008). Grand Master of the Order of the Beloved Son of the Dragon (07/11/2008). Commemorative Silver Jubilee Medal of King Jigme Singye (02/06/1999).
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Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal was born at Ralung (Wylie: rwa lung) Monastery, Tibet as the son of the Drukpa Kagyu lineage-holder Mipham Tenpa'i Nyima (Wylie: 'brug pa mi pham bstan pa'i nyi ma, 1567–1619), and Sönam Pelgyi Butri (Wylie: bsod nams dpal gyi bu khrid), daughter of the local king of Kyishö (Wylie: sde pa skyid shod pa) in Tibet. [1]
The other, Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, went to Bhutan, where the Drukpa Lineage today is now the official religious order of the state. Ever since Ngawang Namgyal appointed Pekar Jungne as the first Je Khenpo, the spiritual head of all monasteries in Bhutan, the successive Je Khenpos have acted as the Spiritual Regents of Bhutan.
Bhutan also established its first diplomatic relations with India under the bilateral Treaty of Friendship, largely patterned after the prior Treaty of Punakha. [ 10 ] The Third King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ( r. 1952–1972) ascended the throne at the age of 23, having been educated in England and India .
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck [a] (born 21 February 1980) is the King of Bhutan.His reign began in 2006 after his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicated the throne. A public coronation ceremony was held on 6 November 2008, a year that marked 100 years of monarchy in Bhutan.