Tashi Namgyal

Tashi Namgyal
The 11th Chogyal
Tashi Namgyal in 1938
Chogyal of Sikkim
Reign	5 December 1914 – 2 December 1963
Predecessor	Sidkeong Tulku
Successor	Palden Thondup
Born	(1893-10-26)26 October 1893 Tibet, Qing dynasty
Died	2 December 1963(1963-12-02) (aged 70) Gangtok, Kingdom of Sikkim
Spouse	Kunzang Dechen
Issue	Palden Thondup
House	Namgyal dynasty
Father	Thutob Namgyal
Mother	Yeshay Dolma
Religion	Buddhism

Tashi Namgyal (Sikkimese: བཀྲ་ཤིས་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: Bkra-shis Rnam-rgyal) (26 October 1893 – 2 December 1963) was the ruling Chogyal (King) of Sikkim from 1914 to 1963. He was the son of Thutob Namgyal. He was the first independent king of Sikkim.