Wangchuk Namgyal

Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal
Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal
Head of the royal house of Sikkim
Tenure	29 January 1982 – present
Predecessor	Palden Thondup Namgyal
Born	1 April 1953 (age 72); Gangtok, Kingdom of Sikkim
Dynasty	Namgyal
Father	Palden Thondup Namgyal
Mother	Samyo Kushoe Sangideki
Religion	Buddhism

Chogyal Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal (Sikkimese: དབང་ཕྱུག་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: dbang-phyug bstan-'dzin rnam-rgyal) (born 1 April 1953) is the second son of Palden Thondup Namgyal, the last sovereign king of Sikkim. Educated at Harrow, he is also the present heir of the Namgyal dynasty and claimant to the Sikkim throne.^[1]

Honours[edit | edit source]

Template:Country data Sikkim:
- Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal Coronation Medal (4 April 1965).^{[citation needed]}

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Ancestors of Wangchuk Namgyal

16. Tshudpud Namgyal

8. Thutob Namgyal

17. Maharani Menchi

4. Tashi Namgyal

18. Shiafe Uthok, of the Lhading House of Lhasa

9. Yeshay Dolma

2. Palden Thondup Namgyal

10. General Medrak Rakashar

5. Gyalyum Kunzang Dechen

1. Wangchuk Namgyal

6. Theiji Tsewang Rinzing Namgyal

3. Samyo Kushoe Sangideki

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Trehan, Madhu. "India has a lot to gain by Sikkimese independence: Wangchuk Namgyal". India Today.

External links[edit | edit source]

Hidden Kingdom in the Himalayas

Titles in pretence
Wangchuk Namgyal House of Namgyal Born: 1 April 1953
Preceded by Palden Thondup Namgyal	— TITULAR — Chogyal of Sikkim 29 January 1982 – present	Incumbent

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[1] Trehan, Madhu. "India has a lot to gain by Sikkimese independence: Wangchuk Namgyal". India Today.

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