(1953-04-01) 1 April 1953 (age 71) Gangtok, Kingdom of Sikkim
Dynasty
Namgyal
Father
Palden Thondup Namgyal
Mother
Samyo Kushoe Sangideki
Religion
Buddhism
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.[1]
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,[2] though the 3rd Chief Minister of Sikkim, B. B. Gurung, recognized him as the 13th Chogyal.[3] Namgyal subsequently became a monastic recluse.[2] On May 22, 2023, he joined the grand celebration of the last Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal's 100th birth anniversary in Gangtok.[4]
^Trehan, Madhu. "India has a lot to gain by Sikkimese independence: Wangchuk Namgyal". India Today.
^ ab"From monarch to monk: Scion of Sikkim dynasty who became a spiritual recluse". Hindustan Times. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^Dhungel, Pankaj (30 March 2022). "BB Gooroong, the CM who recognised Wangchuk Namgyal as 13th Chogyal". EastMojo. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^"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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