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Head of the Royal House of Sikkim
Tobgyal Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal
Wangchuk Namgyal (right)
Head of the Royal House of Sikkim
Tenure29 January 1982 – present
PredecessorPalden Thondup Namgyal
Born (1953-04-01) 1 April 1953 (age 71)
Gangtok, Kingdom of Sikkim
DynastyNamgyal
FatherPalden Thondup Namgyal
MotherSamyo Kushoe Sangideki
ReligionBuddhism

Chogyal Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal (Sikkimese: སྟོབས་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: stobs-rgyal 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 pretender to the throne of Sikkim.

On February 19, 1982, following the death of his father, he was crowned at Tsuklakhang Palace. The Government of India did not recognize this coronation, though the 3rd Chief Minister of Sikkim, B. B. Gurung, recognized him as the 13th Chogyal. Namgyal subsequently became a monastic recluse. On May 22, 2023, he joined the grand celebration of the last Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal's 100th birth anniversary in Gangtok.

Honours

Ancestry

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

  1. Trehan, Madhu. "India has a lot to gain by Sikkimese independence: Wangchuk Namgyal". India Today.
  2. ^ "From monarch to monk: Scion of Sikkim dynasty who became a spiritual recluse". Hindustan Times. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  3. Dhungel, Pankaj (30 March 2022). "BB Gooroong, the CM who recognised Wangchuk Namgyal as 13th Chogyal". EastMojo. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  4. "Sikkim: Grand celebration of Late Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal's 100th birth anniversary concludes in Gangtok". India Today NE. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

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


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