Tashi Namgyal

Tashi Namgyal
The 11th Chogyal
Tashi Namgyal in 1938
Chogyal of Sikkim
Reign5 December 1914 – 2 December 1963
PredecessorSidkeong Tulku
SuccessorPalden Thondup Namgyal
Born(1893-10-26)26 October 1893
Tibet, Qing dynasty
Died2 December 1963(1963-12-02) (aged 70)
Gangtok, Kingdom of Sikkim
SpouseKunzang Dechen
IssuePaljor Namgyal.
Palden Thondup Namgyal
Jigdal Tsewang Namgyal.
Sem Kude Pema Tsedeun.
Sem Kushon Pema Choki.
HouseNamgyal dynasty
FatherThutob Namgyal
MotherYeshay Dolma
ReligionBuddhism
Military career
Allegiance Kingdom of Sikkim
Years of service1914 - 1963
Tashi Namgyal pictured with SS-Sturmbannführer Ernst Schäfer, leader of the 1938–1939 German expedition to Tibet

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.


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