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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.
The first recipients of the Padma Vibhushan were Satyendra Nath Bose, Nandalal Bose, Zakir Husain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, V. K. Krishna Menon, and Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, who were honoured in 1954. As of 2023 [update] , the award has been bestowed on 331 individuals, including twenty-eight posthumous and twenty-four non-citizen recipients. [ 12 ]
The National Referral Hospital (full name Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital) is the public hospital of Bhutan, located in the capital of Bhutan, Thimphu. Since it was established in 1972, the hospital has been supplying free basic medical treatment as well as advanced surgeries and emergency services to citizens from all over the ...
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.
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1929–1944: Dasho Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. 1944–1946: Trongsa Dronyer Dasho Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. 1946–1952: Paro Penlop Dasho Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. 1952–1963: His Highness Sri Panch Maharaj Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Maharaja of Bhutan. 1963–1972: His Majesty Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Mang-pos Bhur-ba'i rgyalpo, King of Bhutan ...
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