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Chogyal Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal (Sikkimese: སྟོབས་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: stobs-rgyal dbang-phyug bstan-'dzin rnam-rgyal; born 1 April 1953) is an Indian former prince who is the second son of Palden Thondup Namgyal, the last sovereign king of Sikkim.
The son from the first marriage of Palden Thondup Namgyal, Wangchuk Namgyal (Sikkimese: དབང་ཕྱུག་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; born 1 April 1953), was named the 13th Chogyal after his father's death on 29 January 1982, [6] but the position no longer confers any official authority.
Palden thondup Namgyal was born on 23 May 1923 at the Royal Palace, Park Ridge, Gangtok. [1]At six, he became a student at St. Joseph's Convent in Kalimpong, [2] but had to terminate his studies due to attacks of malaria.
She was termed Her Highness The Crown Princess of Sikkim and became the Gyalmo of Sikkim at Palden Thondup Namgyal's coronation in 1965. [2] She is the first American-born Queen Consort. [3] In 1975 Namgyal was deposed and Sikkim merged into India as a result of internal turmoil, Indian military intervention and a referendum.
Prince Palden Thondup Namgyal, second son of the Founder, along with Dewan N.K. Rustumji and Mr. V.N. Langer formed an excellent team to reorganize the school on public school lines, and they were the people who were the main architects of Tashi Namgyal Academy. A Governing Body for the administration, management and control of Sir Tashi ...
Ray's cousin who lived in Darjeeling, had appeared in film, Kanchenjungha (1962) also shot in Darjeeling, was acquainted with Chogyal of Sikkim Palden Thondup Namgyal and his American wife Hope Cooke, the couple commissioned the film and his cousin convinced Ray to take on the project. [4]
Palden Thondup Namgyal, last hereditary ruler of Sikkim, husband of Hope Cooke; Ngawang Namgyal, founder of Bhutan; Tashi Namgyal, ruler of Sikkim from 1914 to 1963; Thutob Namgyal, who transferred Sikkim's capital to Gangtok in 1894; Tshudpud Namgyal, longest-reigning king of Sikkim (from 1793 to 1863); regained independence from Nepal in 1815
The eldest son died in a plane crash during World War Two. [2] On his death he was succeeded as Chogyal by his second son Palden Thondup Namgyal. During his reign, he was known for land reform and free elections. [3] He also favoured closer links between Sikkim, India and Tibet. Many people attribute his death to Indian agents.