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{{About|the Sikkim leader in 1914|the king of Sikkim from 1863 to 1874|Sidkeong Namgyal}}
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{{Infobox royalty
|name = Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal
|image = Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal.jpg
|image_size = 200px
|caption = Sidkeong Tulku
|reign = {{nowrap|11 February 1914 – 5 December 1914}}
|succession = [[Chogyal of Sikkim]]
|coronation =
|predecessor = [[Thutob Namgyal]]
|successor = [[Tashi Namgyal]]
|full name =
|temple name =
|house = [[Chogyal|Namgyal dynasty]]
|father = [[Thutob Namgyal]]
|mother = Maharani Pending
|birth_date = 1879
|birth_place =
|death_date = {{Death date|1914|12|5|df=y}} (34–35)
|death_place = [[Gangtok]], [[Sikkim]]
|burial_date =
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|religion = [[Buddhism]]
}}

[[File:13th Dalai Lama, Sir Charles Bell and Maharaj Kumar Sidkeong Trul-ku.jpg|thumb|The [[13th Dalai Lama]], [[Charles Alfred Bell|Sir Charles Bell]] (both seated) and Maharaj Kumar Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal (standing between the other two) pose for photograph, 1910, [[Calcutta]].|320x320px|alt=]]
'''Sidkeong [[Tulku]] Namgyal''' ([[Sikkimese language|Sikkimese]]: {{bo-textonly|སྲིད་སཀྱོང་སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་}}; [[Wylie transliteration|Wylie]]: ''srid skyong sprul sku rnam rgyal'') (1879–5 December 1914) was the ruling [[Maharaja]] and [[Chogyal]] of [[Sikkim]] for a brief period in 1914, from 10 February to 5 December.

== Biography ==
He was the second son of Maharaja Sri Panch Sir [[Thutob Namgyal]], and was educated at [[St. Paul's School, Darjeeling]] and at [[Pembroke College, Oxford]]. A [[Multilingualism|polyglot]], he was learned in [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[English language|English]], [[Hindi]], [[Lepcha language|Lepcha]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]] and [[Standard Tibetan|Tibetan]].

He was recognised as the reincarnation (''[[tulku]]'') of his uncle, [[Sidkeong Namgyal]], the abbot of [[Phodong Monastery]].<ref>Mahendra P. Lama, [https://books.google.com/books?id=LvuOKCIICMEC&pg=PA49 Sikkim: society, polity, economy, environment]</ref> Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal reconstructed the monastery.<ref>Kuldip Singh Gulia, [https://books.google.com/books?id=K5AaI2PhiV8C&pg=PA310 Mountains of the God]</ref>

After his education in Oxford, he returned to Sikkim where he was closely associated with the administration of the country. He worked to dissolve the greed that occurs in vested interests and tried to unify Buddhists by renovating monasteries and their roles.<ref>H. G. Joshi, [https://books.google.com/books?id=L7gIVNzkN2YC&pg=PA110 Sikkim: past and present], Mittal Publications, 2004, {{ISBN|81-7099-932-4}}, {{ISBN|978-81-7099-932-4}}</ref>

When [[Alexandra David-Néel]] was invited to the [[Tsuklakhang Palace|royal monastery]] of [[Sikkim]], she met Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal, at that time Maharaj Kumar (crown prince). She became Sidkeong's "confidante and spiritual sister".<ref>Middleton, Ruth (1989). ''Alexandra David-Neel''. Boston, Shambhala. {{ISBN|1-57062-600-6}}.</ref>

==Engaged to Burmese princess==
Sidkeong and Princess [[Hteiktin Ma Lat]] of Limbin then began a regular correspondence. Prince Limbin (Ma Lat's father) and his family soon returned to Burma (to live in Rangoon) and Sidkeong visited them there in 1912. By then they had agreed to get married, the British having secured Limbin's approval. The wedding was initially set for 1913 but then delayed because of the king of Sikkim [[Thutob Namgyal]] (Sidkeong's father's) deteriorating health. In February 1914 the old king died, Sidkeong became king, and his wedding to Ma Lat was set for 10 February 1915. The two exchanged many letters expressing their love for one another and how much they looked forward to a life together.

In December 1914, Sidkeong was found dead in his bedroom, apparently of heart failure, aged 35, in what the British described as 'mysterious circumstances'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.bl.uk/endangeredarchives/2017/01/sikkim.html|title=A Royal Proposal of Marriage|work=Endangered archives blog|date=20 January 2017|accessdate=22 December 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=When a Burmese princess almost became the Queen of Sikkim |url=https://www.lostfootsteps.org/en/history/when-a-burmese-princess-almost-became-the-queen-of-sikkim |website=www.lostfootsteps.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>[[Patrick French]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=EW0aAAAAYAAJ&q=%22beneath+the+bed.+Death+came+in+the+hour.%22&dq=%22beneath+the+bed.+Death+came+in+the+hour.%22&hl=en&ei=4dWRTf-UC4mu8gPs-eHmAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg Younghusband: the last great imperial adventurer]</ref><ref>Earle Rice, [https://books.google.com/books?id=FHo1fFHartsC&pg=PA51 Alexandra David-Neel: Explorer at the Roof of the World], Infobase Publishing, 2004, {{ISBN|0-7910-7715-2}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7910-7715-3}}, p. 51</ref> He was succeeded by his younger brother, [[Tashi Namgyal]]. [[Palden Thondup Namgyal]] was subsequently recognised as the reincarnate leader of [[Phodong Monastery|Phodong]].<ref>Lawrence Epstein, Richard Sherburne, Reflections on Tibetan culture: essays in memory of Turrell V. Wylie, E. Mellen Press, 1990; {{ISBN|0-88946-064-7}}, {{ISBN|978-0-88946-064-5}}; p. 61</ref>

==Titles==
*'''1879 - 1899''': [[Prince]] Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal
*'''1899 - 1911''': [[Maharajkumar]] [[Sri]] Panch Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal
*'''1911 - 1914''': Maharajkumar Sri Panch Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal, [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]]
*'''1914''': [[His Highness]] Sri Panch Sikeong Tulku Namgyal, [[Maharaja]] [[Chogyal]] of [[Sikkim]], CIE

==Honours==
'''British Empire'''
*[[Delhi Durbar|Delhi Durbar Medal]], ''1 January 1903''.
*[[Delhi Durbar|Delhi Durbar Medal]], ''11 December 1911''.
*'''CIE''': [[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]], ''12 December 1911''.

==Ancestry==
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|4= 4. [[Tsugphud Namgyal|Tsugphud Namgyal, 7th Maharaja of Sikkim]]
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|18= 18. Chandzod Karwang
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