Namgyal Institute of Tibetology - Revision history

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	\| established = {{Start date\|1958\|10\|01~~\|df=y~~}}<ref name="Division1964">{{cite book\|author=American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies Division\|title=Area Handbook for Nepal (with Sikkim and Bhutan).\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U4hAAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA372\|year=1964\|publisher=[[U.S. Government Printing Office]]\|pages=372–}}</ref>		\| established = {{Start date and age\|1958\|10\|01}}<ref name="Division1964">{{cite book\|author=American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies Division\|title=Area Handbook for Nepal (with Sikkim and Bhutan).\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U4hAAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA372\|year=1964\|publisher=[[U.S. Government Printing Office]]\|pages=372–}}</ref>
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	==History==		==History==
	The foundation stone of the museum was laid by the [[14th Dalai Lama]] on 10 February 1957.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Central Asia \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A4RxAAAAMAAJ\|year=2006\|publisher=Area Study Centre (Central Asia), University of Peshawar.}}</ref> On October 1, 1958, [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]], the then [[Prime Minister of India]], inaugurated the Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology.<ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP880-1-1-240#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=41&xywh=302%2C306%2C1562%2C1003 \|title=Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, British Library: EAP880/1/1/240 \|publisher=Kingdom of Sikkim \|year=1959 \|location=Sikkim Palace Archives, Gangtok \|pages=42 \|chapter=Darbar Gazette: Royal Charter of Incorporation of the Sikkim Research Institute of Technology \|access-date=23 September 2022}}</ref> [[Sir Tashi Namgyal]], the then [[Maharaja of Sikkim]], changed its name into the "Namgyal Research Institute of Tibetology".<ref>{{cite book\|author=American Institute of Indian Studies\|title=American Institute of Indian Studies Quarterly Newsletter\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCDjAAAAMAAJ\|year=1980\|publisher=[[American Institute of Indian Studies]]\|pages=37-}}</ref>		The foundation stone of the museum was laid by the [[14th Dalai Lama]] on 10 February 1957.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Central Asia \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A4RxAAAAMAAJ\|year=2006\|publisher=Area Study Centre (Central Asia), University of Peshawar.}}</ref> On 1 October 1958, [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]], the then [[Prime Minister of India]], inaugurated the Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology.<ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP880-1-1-240#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=41&xywh=302%2C306%2C1562%2C1003 \|title=Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, British Library: EAP880/1/1/240 \|publisher=Kingdom of Sikkim \|year=1959 \|location=Sikkim Palace Archives, Gangtok \|pages=42 \|chapter=Darbar Gazette: Royal Charter of Incorporation of the Sikkim Research Institute of Technology \|access-date=23 September 2022}}</ref> [[Sir Tashi Namgyal]], the then [[Maharaja of Sikkim]], changed its name into the "Namgyal Research Institute of Tibetology".<ref>{{cite book\|author=American Institute of Indian Studies\|title=American Institute of Indian Studies Quarterly Newsletter\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCDjAAAAMAAJ\|year=1980\|publisher=[[American Institute of Indian Studies]]\|pages=37-}}</ref>

			==Academic journals==
			The ''[[Bulletin of Tibetology]]'' is an academic journal published by the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology.<ref>{{cite web \| title=Digital Himalaya: Bulletin of Tibetology \| website=Digital Himalaya \| url=http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/journals/bot/index.php?selection=17 \| access-date=2023-10-18}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*{{official\|http://www.tibetology.net/}}		*{{official\|http://www.tibetology.net/}}
	*		*{{Commons category inline}}

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	[[Category:Culture of Sikkim]]		[[Category:Culture of Sikkim]]
	[[Category:Gangtok]]		[[Category:Gangtok]]
	[[Category:~~Museums~~ in ~~Sikkim~~]]		[[Category:Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and temples in India]]
	[[Category:Tibetology]]		[[Category:Tibetology]]
			[[Category:Himalayan studies]]
	[[Category:Tourist attractions in Sikkim]]		[[Category:Tourist attractions in Sikkim]]

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	\| established = {{Start date\|1958\|10\|01\|df=y}} <ref name="Division1964">{{cite book\|author=American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies Division\|title=Area Handbook for Nepal (with Sikkim and Bhutan).\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U4hAAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA372\|year=1964\|publisher=[[U.S. Government Printing Office]]\|pages=372–}}</ref>		\| established = {{Start date\|1958\|10\|01\|df=y}}<ref name="Division1964">{{cite book\|author=American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies Division\|title=Area Handbook for Nepal (with Sikkim and Bhutan).\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U4hAAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA372\|year=1964\|publisher=[[U.S. Government Printing Office]]\|pages=372–}}</ref>
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	\| location = [[Gangtok]], [[Sikkim]], [[India]]		\| location = [[Gangtok]], [[Sikkim]], [[India]]
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	==History==		==History==
	The foundation stone of the museum was laid by the [[14th Dalai Lama]] on 10 February 1957.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Central Asia\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A4RxAAAAMAAJ\|year=2006\|publisher=Area Study Centre (Central Asia), University of Peshawar.}}</ref> On October 1, 1958, [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]], the then [[Prime Minister of India]], inaugurated the [[Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology]]. [[Sir Tashi Namgyal]], the then [[Maharaja of Sikkim]], changed its name into the "Namgyal Research Institute of Tibetology".<ref>{{cite book\|author=American Institute of Indian Studies\|title=American Institute of Indian Studies Quarterly Newsletter\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCDjAAAAMAAJ\|year=1980\|publisher=[[American Institute of Indian Studies]]\|pages=37-}}</ref>		The foundation stone of the museum was laid by the [[14th Dalai Lama]] on 10 February 1957.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Central Asia \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A4RxAAAAMAAJ\|year=2006\|publisher=Area Study Centre (Central Asia), University of Peshawar.}}</ref> On October 1, 1958, [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]], the then [[Prime Minister of India]], inaugurated the Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology.<ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP880-1-1-240#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=41&xywh=302%2C306%2C1562%2C1003 \|title=Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, British Library: EAP880/1/1/240 \|publisher=Kingdom of Sikkim \|year=1959 \|location=Sikkim Palace Archives, Gangtok \|pages=42 \|chapter=Darbar Gazette: Royal Charter of Incorporation of the Sikkim Research Institute of Technology \|access-date=23 September 2022}}</ref> [[Sir Tashi Namgyal]], the then [[Maharaja of Sikkim]], changed its name into the "Namgyal Research Institute of Tibetology".<ref>{{cite book\|author=American Institute of Indian Studies\|title=American Institute of Indian Studies Quarterly Newsletter\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCDjAAAAMAAJ\|year=1980\|publisher=[[American Institute of Indian Studies]]\|pages=37-}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	{{~~Commons category}}~~		*{{official\|http://www.tibetology.net/}}
	*[http://www.tibetology.net/ ~~Web site of Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Sikkim]~~		*

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	[[Category:~~Museums~~ in Sikkim]]		[[Category:1957 establishments in India]]
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	[[Category:Tibetology]]		[[Category:Tibetology]]
	[[Category:Tourist attractions in Sikkim]]		[[Category:Tourist attractions in Sikkim]]
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'''Namgyal Institute of Tibetology''' ('''NIT''') is a [[Tibetan people|Tibet]] museum in [[Gangtok]], [[Sikkim]], [[India]], named after the 11th [[Chogyal of Sikkim]], [[Sir Tashi Namgyal]].<ref name="Deshpande2017">{{cite book|author=Abhijeet Deshpande|title=Backpacking North East India: A Curious Journey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lblDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT228|date=19 December 2017|publisher=[[Notion Press]]|isbn=978-1-946556-80-6|pages=228–}}</ref> The institute employs researchers and one of its new research programs is a project which seeks to document the social history of Sikkim's approximated 60 monasteries and record this on a computer. Another project seeks to [[digitizing|digitize]] and document old and rare photographs of Sikkim for knowledge distribution. Khempo Dhazar served as head of the Sheda, a [[Nyingma]] college attached to the Institute, for six years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/kailash/pdf/kailash_01_01_03.pdf|title=Five Nyingma Lamas in Sikkim|last=Silverstone|first=Marilyn|author-link=Marilyn Silverstone |date=| website=| pages=13-| access-date=}}</ref>

==History==
The foundation stone of the museum was laid by the [[14th Dalai Lama]] on 10 February 1957.<ref>{{cite book|title=Central Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A4RxAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Area Study Centre (Central Asia), University of Peshawar.}}</ref> On October 1, 1958, [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]], the then [[Prime Minister of India]], inaugurated the [[Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology]]. [[Sir Tashi Namgyal]], the then [[Maharaja of Sikkim]], changed its name into the "Namgyal Research Institute of Tibetology".<ref>{{cite book|author=American Institute of Indian Studies|title=American Institute of Indian Studies Quarterly Newsletter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCDjAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=[[American Institute of Indian Studies]]|pages=37-}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.tibetology.net/ Web site of Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Sikkim]

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[[Category:Culture of Sikkim]]
[[Category:Gangtok]]
[[Category:Tibetology]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Sikkim]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Sikkim]]

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