Statue of Padmasambhava or Guru RinpocheTsuklakhang Palace
From 1642 to 1975, Sikkim was ruled by the Namgyal Monarchy (also called the Chogyal Monarchy), founded by Phuntsog Namgyal, the fifth-generation descendant of Guru Tashi, a prince of the Minyak House who came to Sikkim from the Kham province of Tibet.[3] Chogyal means 'righteous ruler', and was the title conferred upon Sikkim's Buddhist kings during the reign of the Namgyal Monarchy.[citation needed]
The reign of the Chogyal was foretold by the patron saint of Sikkim, Guru Rinpoche. The 8th-century saint had predicted the rule of the kings when he arrived in the state. In 1642, Phuntsog Namgyal was crowned as Sikkim's first Chogyal in Yuksom. The crowning of the king was a great event and he was crowned by three revered lamas who arrived there from three different directions, namely the north, west, and south.
(1893-10-26)26 October 1893 – 2 December 1963(1963-12-02) (aged 70)
5 December 1914
2 December 1963
Half-brother of Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal. The second longest-reigning Chogyal of Sikkim. Treaty between India and Sikkim was signed in 1950, giving India suzerainty over Sikkim.
Son of Tashi Namgyal. The last Chogyal of Sikkim. The country became a state of India, following the 1975 referendum.
Namgyal
Titular chogyalsedit
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.
In Bhutan, "dharmaraja" or "Righteous King" is a title which was also conferred upon a special class of temporal and spiritual rulers. In Bhutan, the Chogyal were given the respectful title Zhabdrung. In this context, the Chogyal was a recognised reincarnation (or succession of reincarnations) of Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, the 17th century Tibetan-born founder of Bhutan. A position of supreme importance, the Bhutanese Chogyal was above both the highest monastic authority, the Je Khenpo, and the highest temporal ruler, the Deb Raja or Druk Desi.[7] There were two main lines of Zhabdrung incarnations in Bhutan.
^G. T. (1 March 1975), "Trouble in Sikkim", Index on Censorship, 4: 68–69, doi:10.1080/03064227508532403, S2CID 220927214
^"Sikkim Votes to End Monarchy, Merge With India". The New York Times. 16 April 1975. from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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^"John Claude White – career". King's College London. from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
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^"Palden Thondup Namgyal, Deposed Sikkim King, Dies". The New York Times. 30 January 1982. from the original on 25 December 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2020. The deposed King of Sikkim, Palden Thondup Namgyal, who had been undergoing treatment for cancer in New York City, died last night from complications following an operation at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He was 58 years old. A family spokesman said his body was to be flown home to Sikkim for the funeral. ...
^Norbu, Namkhai (1988, 2000). The Crystal and the Way of Light: The Teachings of Namkhai Norbu. (Snow Lion Publications) pg.20 and Notes.
^Teg Bahadur Kapur (1987). Ladakh, the Wonderland A Geographical, Historical, and Sociological Study. Mittal Publications. p. 57. ISBN9788170990116.
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The Chogyal Dharma Kings Tibetan ཆ ས ར ལ Wylie chos rgyal were the monarchs of the former Kingdom of Sikkim which belonged to the Namgyal dynasty The Chogyal was the absolute monarch of Sikkim from 1642 to 1973 and the constitutional monarch from 1973 to 1975 when the monarchy was abolished and the Sikkimese people voted in a referendum to make Sikkim the 22nd state of India 1 2 Chogyal of SikkimEmblem of SikkimPalden Thondup NamgyalDetailsFirst monarchPhuntsog NamgyalLast monarchPalden Thondup NamgyalFormation1642Abolition16 May 1975ResidenceTsuklakhang Palace GangtokPretender s Wangchuk Namgyal Contents 1 History 2 Chogyal kings of Sikkim 2 1 List of chogyals 2 2 Titular chogyals 2 3 Family tree 2 4 Royal Flag 3 Rulers of other Himalayan kingdoms 3 1 Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan 3 2 Gyalpo of Ladakh 4 See also 5 Notes 6 ReferencesHistory edit nbsp Statue of Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche nbsp Tsuklakhang PalaceFrom 1642 to 1975 Sikkim was ruled by the Namgyal Monarchy also called the Chogyal Monarchy founded by Phuntsog Namgyal the fifth generation descendant of Guru Tashi a prince of the Minyak House who came to Sikkim from the Kham province of Tibet 3 Chogyal means righteous ruler and was the title conferred upon Sikkim s Buddhist kings during the reign of the Namgyal Monarchy citation needed The reign of the Chogyal was foretold by the patron saint of Sikkim Guru Rinpoche The 8th century saint had predicted the rule of the kings when he arrived in the state In 1642 Phuntsog Namgyal was crowned as Sikkim s first Chogyal in Yuksom The crowning of the king was a great event and he was crowned by three revered lamas who arrived there from three different directions namely the north west and south Chogyal kings of Sikkim editList of chogyals edit NameLifespanReign startReign endNotesFamilyImagePhuntsog Namgyal1st Chogyalཕ ན ཚ གས ར མ ར ལ 1604 1670 aged 65 66 16421670Ascended the throne and was consecrated as the first Chogyal of Sikkim Made the capital at Yuksom in West Sikkim Namgyal nbsp Tensung Namgyal2nd Chogyalབས ན ས ང ར མ ར ལ 1644 1700 aged 55 56 16701700Son of Phuntsog Namgyal Shifted capital from Yuksom to Rabdentse which was later destroyed by Gurkhas Namgyal nbsp Chakdor Namgyal3rd Chogyalཕ ག ར ར ར མ ར ལ 1686 1717 aged 30 31 17001717His half sister Pendiongmu tried to dethrone Chakdor who fled to Lhasa but was reinstated as king with the help of Tibetans Namgyal nbsp Gyurmed Namgyal4th Chogyalའག ར མ ད ར མ ར ལ 1707 1733 aged 25 26 17171733Sikkim was attacked by Nepalis Namgyal nbsp Phuntsog Namgyal II5th Chogyalཕ ན ཚ གས ར མ ར ལ 1733 1780 aged 46 47 17331780Nepalis raided Rabdentse the then capital of Sikkim Namgyal nbsp Tenzing Namgyal6th Chogyalབས ན འཛ ན ར མ ར ལ 1769 1793 aged 23 24 17801793Fled to Tibet and later died there in exile Namgyal nbsp Tsugphud Namgyal7th Chogyalགཙ ག ཕ ད ར མ ར ལ 1785 1863 aged 77 78 17931863Son of Tenzing Namgyal The longest reigning Chogyal of Sikkim Shifted the capital from Rabdentse to third capital Tumlong Treaty of Titalia in 1817 between Sikkim and British India was signed in which territories lost to Nepal were appropriated to Sikkim Darjeeling was gifted to British India in 1835 Two Britons Dr Campbell and Dr Hooker were captured by the Sikkimese in 1849 Hostilities between Britain and Sikkim continued and led to the Treaty of Tumlong in 1861 making Sikkim a de facto British protectorate Namgyal nbsp Sidkeong Namgyal8th Chogyalས ད ས ང ར མ ར ལ 1819 1874 aged 54 55 18631874Son of Tsugphud Namgyal Namgyal nbsp Thutob Namgyal9th Chogyalམཐ ས བས ར མ ར ལ 1860 11 February 1914 aged 53 54 187411 February 1914Half brother of Sidkeong Namgyal John Claude White appointed as the first political officer in Sikkim in 1889 4 Capital shifted from Tumlong to fourth and last capital at Gangtok in 1894 Namgyal nbsp Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal10th Chogyalས ད ས ང ས ལ ས ར མ ར ལ 1879 5 December 1914 aged 34 35 11 February 19145 December 1914Son of Thutob Namgyal The shortest reigning Chogyal of Sikkim Died of heart failure in most suspicious circumstances Namgyal nbsp Tashi Namgyal11th Chogyalབཀ ཤ ས ར མ ར ལ 1893 10 26 26 October 1893 2 December 1963 1963 12 02 aged 70 5 December 19142 December 1963Half brother of Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal The second longest reigning Chogyal of Sikkim Treaty between India and Sikkim was signed in 1950 giving India suzerainty over Sikkim Namgyal nbsp Palden Thondup Namgyal12th Chogyalདཔལ ལ ན ད ན འག བ ར མ ར ལ 1923 05 23 23 May 1923 29 January 1982 1982 01 29 aged 58 2 December 1963 a 10 April 1975Son of Tashi Namgyal The last Chogyal of Sikkim The country became a state of India following the 1975 referendum Namgyal nbsp Titular chogyals edit The son from the first marriage of Palden Thondup Namgyal Wangchuk Namgyal Sikkimese དབང ཕ ག བས ན འཛ ན ར མ ར ལ 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 Titular 1975 present Name Reign start Reign end NotesPalden Thondup Namgyal 10 April 1975 29 January 1982 Son of Tashi NamgyalWangchuk Namgyal 29 January 1982 Incumbent Son of Palden Thondup NamgyalFamily tree edit Namgyal dynasty and the Chogyals of SikkimPhuntsogNamgyal I 1 r 1642 1670TensungNamgyal 2 r 1670 1700ChakdorNamgyal 3 r 1700 1717GyurmedNamgyal 4 r 1717 1733PhuntsogNamgyal II 5 r 1733 1780TenzingNamgyal 6 r 1780 1793TsugphudNamgyal 7 r 1793 1863SidkeongNamgyal 8 r 1863 1874ThutobNamgyal 9 r 1874 1914SidkeongTulkuNamgyal 10 r 1914TashiNamgyal 11 r 1914 1963PaldenThondupNamgyal 12 r 1963 1975 Titular r 1975 1982WangchukNamgyal 13 Titular r 1982 presentRoyal Flag edit nbsp Royal Flag of Sikkim 1877 1975 Rulers of other Himalayan kingdoms editDruk Gyalpo of Bhutan edit Main articles Zhabdrung Rinpoche Druk Desi and Druk Gyalpo nbsp Painting of Shabdrung Ngawang NamgyalIn Bhutan dharmaraja or Righteous King is a title which was also conferred upon a special class of temporal and spiritual rulers In Bhutan the Chogyal were given the respectful title Zhabdrung In this context the Chogyal was a recognised reincarnation or succession of reincarnations of Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal the 17th century Tibetan born founder of Bhutan A position of supreme importance the Bhutanese Chogyal was above both the highest monastic authority the Je Khenpo and the highest temporal ruler the Deb Raja or Druk Desi 7 There were two main lines of Zhabdrung incarnations in Bhutan Gyalpo of Ladakh edit Main article Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh The region of Ladakh was ruled by a separate line of the Namgyal dynasty that lasted from 1460 to 1842 and were titled the Gyalpo of Ladakh 8 See also editDharmaraja Devaraja Garpon History of Sikkim History of LadakhNotes edit Crowned on 4 April 1965 5 References edit G T 1 March 1975 Trouble in Sikkim Index on Censorship 4 68 69 doi 10 1080 03064227508532403 S2CID 220927214 Sikkim Votes to End Monarchy Merge With India The New York Times 16 April 1975 Archived from the original on 19 August 2017 Retrieved 4 September 2020 Measuroo com States and Territories of India series Online 1 accessed 14 May 2008 John Claude White career King s College London Archived from the original on 23 October 2017 Retrieved 17 February 2021 Maharaja and His U S Bride Crowned Amid Pomp in Sikkim The New York Times 5 April 1965 Archived from the original on 8 August 2020 Retrieved 4 September 2020 Palden Thondup Namgyal Deposed Sikkim King Dies The New York Times 30 January 1982 Archived from the original on 25 December 2017 Retrieved 4 September 2020 The deposed King of Sikkim Palden Thondup Namgyal who had been undergoing treatment for cancer in New York City died last night from complications following an operation at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center He was 58 years old A family spokesman said his body was to be flown home to Sikkim for the funeral Norbu Namkhai 1988 2000 The Crystal and the Way of Light The Teachings of Namkhai Norbu Snow Lion Publications pg 20 and Notes Teg Bahadur Kapur 1987 Ladakh the Wonderland A Geographical Historical and Sociological Study Mittal Publications p 57 ISBN 9788170990116 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chogyal amp oldid 1176494538, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
