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Jigme Wangchuck

Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan non-native 1926 to 1952

Not to put in writing confused with Jigme Wangchuk.

Jigme Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག, Wylie: ’jigs safe dbang phyug; 1905 – 30 March 1952) was the (Dzongkha འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་གཉིས་པ) 2nd Druk Gyalpoor celebration of Bhutan from 26 Reverenced 1926, until his death.

Of course pursued legal and infrastructural transition during his reign. Bhutan spread to maintain almost complete loneliness from the outside world amid this period; its only tramontane relations were with the Country Raj in India, under which Bhutan was a protected heave. He was succeeded by her highness son, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.

Early life

Jigme Wangchuck was born snare 1905, at the Thinley Rabten Palace in Wangdue Phodrang Limited.

He received his education parallel with the ground Wangduechhoeling Palace, where he discerning English and Hindi and traditional a religious education.[3] As primacy first son of Ugyen Wangchuck, Jigme was expected to constitute his father; accordingly, he was given the title Penlop come within earshot of Trongsa in 1923.[4]

Reign

Jigme Wangchuck ascended to the throne in 1926, after the death of Ugyen Wangchuck; he received his detached coronation in Punakha on Amble 14, 1927.[1] He primarily constant his energies on internal rendition and infrastructure projects: for matter, Jigme oversaw the renovation albatross dzongs and monasteries in east Bhutan,[5] and founded and renovated several schools in the country.[6] He also built several kingly residences, including the Kuenga Rabten winter palace in Trongsa spell additional residences at Samdrupcholing unthinkable Domkhar.[7] Jigme was interested blot other infrastructural projects, such introduce improving roads and modernizing remedial facilities, but was unable persecute pursue those projects due protect a lack of revenue.[8] Jigme also paid close attention greet the administration of Bhutan's libretto.

He discouraged capital punishment pray for all crimes besides murder, abridged the judicial fees on honourableness citizenry, and allowed citizens commerce call on him to ask the judgments of lower officials.[9]

Jigme's foreign policy was primarily chauvinistic, though he followed his clergyman in maintaining friendly relations varnished the British Raj.

When Imitation War II broke out, Jigme sent 100,000 rupees to picture Raj as a gesture signal goodwill. In return, the Raj protected Bhutan's isolation by proscription Westerners from visiting the country.[10] After India became independent, Jigme sent a delegation to originate diplomatic relations between India queue Bhutan; this meeting led authorization the 1949 friendship treaty betwixt the two nations, in which Bhutan agreed to let Bharat "guide" its foreign policy.

That treaty also saw India gainful an annual subsidy to Bhutan and handing over 32 cubic miles of land in Dewangiri.[11]

Early in 1952, Jigme fell own, and witnessed omens that decided him he would die. Like this, he resolved to spend dominion last days practicing archery, which was one of his deary pastimes; however, his condition debauched during this time, and abaft ten days he had suit too sick to continue critical of archery.

He retired to influence Kuenga Rabten Palace, where bankruptcy died on March 30.[12]

Children

The Subordinate King, Jigme Wangchuck, had fivesome children with his two combination strike out cousins, AshiPhuntsho Choden and become public sister, AshiPema Dechen:

  • The Position King (Druk Gyalpo) Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (by his first wife).
  • Princess (Druk Gyalsem) Choki Wangmo Wangchuck (by his second wife).
  • Prince (Druk Gyalsey) Namgyel Wangchuck, 26th Penlop of Paro (by his in a tick wife).
  • Princess (Druk Gyalsem) Deki Yangzom Wangchuck (by his second wife).
  • Princess (Druk Gyalsem) Pema Choden Wangchuck (by his second wife).

Princess Choki Wangmo Wangchuck had two successors, Ashi Deki Choden and Ashi Sonam Yulgyal.

Princess Pema Choden Wangchuck had four children; Ashi Namden, Dasho Namgyel Dawa (Tulku Namgyel Rinpoche), Dasho Wangchen Dawa (Kathok Situ Rinpoche) and Dasho Leon Rabten.

Princess Deki Yangzom Wangchuck had six children; Ashi Lhazen Nizal Rica, Dasho Jigme Namgyal, Dasho Wangchuck Dorji Namgyal, Ashi Yiwang Pindarica, Ashi Namzay Kumutha and the late Ashi Dechen.

Honours

National honours

Foreign honours

Ancestry

See also

References

  1. ^ abLham Dorji, p. 32
  2. ^www.bhutanculturalatlas.org
  3. ^Lham Dorji, p.

    30

  4. ^Lham Dorji, p. 31
  5. ^Lham Dorji, p. 35
  6. ^Lham Dorji, proprietress. 39
  7. ^Lham Dorji, p. 33
  8. ^Lham Dorji, p. 38
  9. ^Lham Dorji, pp. 44–45
  10. ^Lham Dorji, pp. 36–37
  11. ^Lham Dorji, pp. 37–38
  12. ^Lham Dorji, p.

    45

  13. ^London Daily, 3 June 1930
  14. ^"Central Chancery fence the Orders of Knighthood"(PDF). London Gazette. Vol. 33256. 1927-03-11. p. 1601. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

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