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2. Wangchuk Namgyal - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Palden Thondup Namgyal - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Chogyal - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. Hope Cooke - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. 1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum - Wikipedia

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   On the same day as Chogyal Palden Thondup's funeral, his second son, Wangchuk, was unofficially consecrated as the new Chogyal, an act that provoked controversy with Indian authorities, particularly when the crowds began to sing the banned Sikkimese national anthem and shout "Long live the Chogyal!"

7. Namgyal - Wikipedia

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   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

8. Tashi Namgyal - Wikipedia

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   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.

9. Sikkim (film) - Wikipedia

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   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.