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Tibetan armies invaded Bhutan around 1629, in 1631, and again in 1639, hoping to throttle Ngawang Namgyal's popularity before it spread too far. In 1634 Ngawang Namgyal defeated Karma Tenkyong's army in the Battle of Five Lamas. The invasions were thwarted, and the Drukpa subsect developed a strong presence in western and central Bhutan ...
Bhutan and Nepal reach an agreement regarding the repatriation of certain classes of Bhutanese refugees living in camps in Nepal, subject to joint government verification. Points of contention included that some camp inhabitants were never citizens – or some even residents – of Bhutan before attaining refugee status.
Bhutan's sixth Five-Year Plan (1987–92) included a policy of 'one nation, one people' and introduced a code of traditional Drukpa dress and etiquette called Driglam Namzhag. The dress element of this code required all citizens to wear the gho (a knee-length robe for men) and the kira (an ankle-length dress for women). [49]
The name is traditionally taken to be a transcription of the Sanskrit Bhoṭa-anta (भोट-अन्त, "end of Tibet"), in reference to Bhutan's position as the southern extremity of the Tibetan plateau and culture. [39] [101] "Bhutan" may have been truncated from this or been taken from the Nepali name Bhutān (भूटान).
The King of Bhutan, formally known as the Druk Gyalpo ("Dragon King"), also occupies the office of Druk Desi under the "Dual System of Government". Since the enactment of the Constitution of 2008 , the Druk Gyalpo has remained head of state , while the Prime Minister of Bhutan acts as executive and head of government in a parliamentary ...
The GMC is set to occupy 2.5% of Bhutan’s total landmass, which is currently inhabited by some 10,000 people, mostly farmers, who already rate the lowest in Bhutan’s GNH surveys, with only 33% ...
Bhutan history-related lists (1 C, 5 P) E. Historical events in Bhutan (5 C) M. Bhutanese monarchy (8 C, 19 P) S. Historic sites in Bhutan (1 C) Pages in category ...
The Kingdom of Bumthang was one of several small kingdoms within the territory of modern Bhutan before the first consolidation under Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1616. After initial consolidation, the Bumthang Kingdom became Bumthang Province, one of the nine Provinces of Bhutan. The region was roughly analogous to modern-day Bumthang District ...