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Jigme Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག, Wylie: ’jigs med dbang phyug; 1905 – 30 March 1952) was the (Dzongkha འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་གཉིས་པ) 2nd Druk Gyalpo or king of Bhutan from 26 August 1926, until his death. He pursued legal and infrastructural reform during his reign.
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The fourth king of Bhutan Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, as well as his son the current fifth king of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, are also members of the Dorji family and therefore also descendants of the royal family of Sikkim. [citation needed] The Dorji family is also the holder of the Bhutan House estate in Kalimpong, India.
Bhutan House is an estate located in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India, owned by the Dorji family of Bhutan.The site is the traditional administrative Dzong for southern Bhutan, and also functioned as the administrative center for the whole of western Bhutan during the modern kingdom's early years of consolidation.
Euphelma Choden Wangchuck; Jigme Wangchuck; Jigme Dorji Wangchuck; Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck; Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck; Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck; Kesang Choden Wangchuck; Khamsum Singye Wangchuck; Sonam Dechen Wangchuck (born 1981) Wedding of Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Jetsun Pema
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck since 9 December 2006: 5th Dragon King (Druk Gyalpo) Details; Style: His Majesty: Heir presumptive: Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck: First monarch: Ugyen Wangchuck: Formation: 17 December 1907: Residence: Samteling Palace, Thimphu
Jigme Namgyel made not only political but architectural impacts. He restored the Tongsa Dzong, and built Sangwa Duepa temple in it. He founded the Wangducholing Palace in Choekhor valley in 1856. Wangducholing Palace was the main residence of the Royal Family from Desi Jigme Namgyal's time to that of the crown prince Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929 ...