For the 16th century Tibetan Buddhist scholar, see Dakpo Tashi Namgyal.
The 11th Chogyal
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 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.
TashiNamgyal (Sikkimese: བཀྲ་ཤིས་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: Bkra-shis Rnam-rgyal) (26 October 1893 – 2 December 1963) was the ruling Chogyal (King) of Sikkim...
171 He took the surname Namgyal (meaning victorious) and founded a new dynasty which still survives today. King TashiNamgyal (1555–1575) managed to repel...
TashiNamgyal Academy (TNA) is a public school in the Himalayan state of Sikkim in India. It was founded in 1926 by the late Sir TashiNamgyal, KCSI, KCIE...
Civil Service at Dehradun I.C.S. Camp. Namgyal served as adviser for internal affairs for his father, Sir TashiNamgyal, the 11th Chogyal, and led the negotiating...
ruled by the Namgyal Monarchy (also called the Chogyal Monarchy), founded by Phuntsog Namgyal, the fifth-generation descendant of Guru Tashi, a prince of...
Namgyal Tsemo Monastery or Namgyal Tsemo Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in Leh city of Leh district, Ladakh, northern India. Founded by King Tashi Namgyal...
refer to: Dagpo TashiNamgyal, 16th-century Tibetan scholar Guru Tashi, legendary ancestor of the Sikkimese royal family Ngawang Tashi Bapu (born 1968)...
Namgyal Institute of Tibetology (NIT) is a Tibet museum in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, named after the 11th Chogyal of Sikkim, Sir TashiNamgyal. The institute...
half-brother, TashiNamgyal, who had been educated at St Paul's and Mayo College, then became Chogyal in 1915, and ruled Sikkim until his death in 1963. Tashi Namgyal...
Namgyal, a Tibetan deity, has been a personal name in several countries; see (inter alia): Dagpo TashiNamgyal, a 16th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar...
younger brother, TashiNamgyal. And was subsequently recognised as the reincarnate leader of Phodong. 1879 - 1899: Prince Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal 1899 - 1911:...
called Dakpo Kagyu. A key Mahāmudrā author of this tradition is Dakpo TashiNamgyal, well known for his Mahāmudrā: The Moonlight. Karma Kagyu Karmapas like...
They stopped just short of the true summit, keeping a promise given to TashiNamgyal, the Chogyal of the Kingdom of Sikkim, that the top of the mountain...
Guardian Divinities) built by King TashiNamgyal. TashiNamgyal ruled in the final quarter of the 16th century CE. The Namgyal (also called "Tsemo Gompa" (Red...
presentation of the quintessential instructions of mahamudra by Dakpo TashiNamgyal (1512–1587), colloquially referred to as "Moonbeams of Mahamudra" (Wylie:...
Tibetan origin. In 1642, the fifth generation descendant of Guru Tashi, Phuntsog Namgyal was consecrated as the first Denjong Gyalpo or the Chogyal (king)...
Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1651), known colloquially as The Bearded Lama, was a Tibetan Buddhist Drukpa Kagyu school Rinpoche, and the unifier of Bhutan as...
State legislative assemblies of India TashiNamgyal (16 March 1958). "Proclamation of His Highness Sir TashiNamgyal, KCSI, KCIE, Maharaja of Sikkim, Dated...
the Ladakhi ruler Nyima Namgyal as his son. After Nyima Namgyal's abdication, Purig was assigned to his second son TashiNamgyal to rule independenly. Five...
He took on the surname Namgyal (meaning victorious) and founded a new dynasty which still survives today. King TashiNamgyal (1555–1575) managed to repel...
Institute of Open Schooling. Notable schools include the TashiNamgyal Academy, Paljor Namgyal Girls School, Holy Cross School, Taktse International School...
Tsugphud Namgyal and was succeeded by his half-brother Thutob Namgyal. His mother was the second wife of his father, a Tibetan lady, sister of the Tashi Lama...
Funeral Ceremony". The Tibet Journal. 23 (1): 25–37. ISSN 0970-5368. TashiNamgyal, G. (1996). "Nine Bowls." In B. Harris & H. Wardle (Eds.), Tibetan voices:...
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