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Palden Thondup Namgyal OBE (Sikkimese: དཔལ་ལྡན་དོན་དྲུཔ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ; Wylie: dpal-ldan don-grub rnam-rgyal; 23 May 1923 – 29 January 1982) was the 12th and last Chogyal (king) of the Kingdom of Sikkim.
Jan 30, 1982 · The deposed King of Sikkim, Palden Thondup Namgyal, who had been undergoing treatment for cancer in New York, died last night from complications following an operation at Memorial...
May 16, 2023 · The kingdom of Sikkim was established in 1642, when, according to one account, three Tibetan lamas consecrated Phuntsong Namgyal as the first ruler or Chogyal of Sikkim. The monarchy of the Namgyal dynasty was maintained for the next 333 years, until its integration with India in 1975.
Oct 19, 2013 · With the cremation of Palden Thondup Namgyal, the former Chogyal of Sikkim, in Gangtok, a 100-year-old dynasty finally came to an end. Though deprived of his throne since 1975, when Sikkim became a state of the Indian Union, the pomp and pageantry that accompanied the cremation ceremony was certainly befitting royalty.
May 22, 2023 · The three-day grand celebration marking the 100th birth anniversary of Late Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal came to a magnificent conclusion today. The closing event, held at the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology (NIT) in Deorali, Gangtok, marked the end of a year-long series of events honoring the life and legacy of the revered leader.
Apr 11, 2015 · Palden Thondup Namgyal who is lying in a coma after taking an overdose of barbiturates would not have become a public personality had not his elder brother died in an aircrash.
May 20, 2023 · The birth centennial celebration of Lt. Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal, starts with a series of remarkable events and programs. Among the highlights was the Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal Memorial Lecture, held today at the Conference Hall of the esteemed Namgyal Institute of Tibetology.
Jul 5, 2015 · Palden Thondup Namgyal ascended to the throne in 1963. At the age of forty, he inherited a kingdom that was formally a Protectorate of India, with the central government holding key stakes in Sikkim’s external affairs, defence and communication, under the Indo-Sikkim treaty of 1950.
Mar 8, 1981 · WHEN New York socialite Hope Cooke married Crown Prince Palden Thondup Namgyal of Sikkim in 1963, the American press was enraptured. Although Sikkim's snowcapped Himalayas were less lucrative...
Jan 30, 1982 · Palden Thondup Namgyal, the last Chogyal of Sikkim, was reared for the throne of the mountain kingdom on the southern slopes of the eastern Himalayas between Nepal and Bhutan and bounded on...
