Jigme Wangchuck

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Jigme Wangchuk
House of Wangchuck
FatherUgyen Wangchuck
MotherTsundue Pema Lhamo
ReligionBuddhism
Picture of King Jigme Wangchuck at Paro International Airport
Picture of Dragon King Jigme Wangchuck at Paro International Airport
Kings of the Wangchuck dynasty
Ugyen
Reign: 1907–1926
Jigme
Reign: 1926–1952
Jigme Dorji
Reign: 1952–1972
Jigme Singye
Reign: 1972–2006
Jigme Khesar Namgyel
Reign: 2006–present

Jigme Wangchuck (

protected state, similar to Sikkim. He was succeeded by his son, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
.

Early life

Jigme Wangchuck was born in 1905, at the Thinley Rabten Palace in Wangdue Phodrang District. He received his education at Wangdecholing Palace, where he learned English and Hindi and received a religious education.[3] As the first son of Ugyen Wangchuck, Jigme was expected to succeed his father; accordingly, he was given the title Penlop of Trongsa in 1923.[4]

Reign

Jigme Wangchuck ascended to the throne in 1926, after the death of Ugyen Wangchuck; he received his formal coronation in

dzongs and monasteries in eastern Bhutan,[5] and founded and renovated several schools in the country.[6] He also built several royal residences, including the Kuenga Rabten winter palace in Trongsa and additional residences at Samdrupcholing and Domkhar.[7] Jigme was interested in other infrastructural projects, such as improving roads and modernizing medical facilities, but was unable to pursue those projects due to a lack of revenue.[8] Jigme also paid close attention to the administration of Bhutan's laws. He discouraged capital punishment for all crimes besides murder, reduced the judicial fees on the citizenry, and allowed citizens to call on him to appeal the judgments of lower officials.[9]

Jigme was primarily an isolationist in foreign policy, though he followed his father in maintaining friendly relations with the

Lord Mountbatten to oversee the transfer of power, but Bhutan refused to accede to the Union of India, thus was given its own independence, After India became independent, Jigme sent a delegation to initiate diplomatic relations between India and Bhutan; this meeting led to the 1949 friendship treaty between the two nations, in which Bhutan agreed to let India "guide" its foreign policy. This treaty also saw India paying an annual subsidy to Bhutan and handing over 32 square miles of land in Dewangiri.[11]

Early in 1952, Jigme fell ill, and witnessed omens that convinced him he would die. Consequently, he resolved to spend his last days practicing archery, which was one of his favorite pastimes; however, his condition deteriorated during this time, and after ten days he had become too sick to continue with archery. He retired to the Kuenga Rabten Palace, where he died on March 30, a month and a half after Britain's

princely states, including Bhutan) also passed on 6 February.. before [12]

Children

The Second King, Jigme Wangchuck, had five children with his two cross cousins, Ashi Phuntsho Choden and her sister, Ashi Pema Dechen:

  • The Third King (Druk Gyalpo) Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (by his first wife).
  • Princess (Druk Gyalsem) Choki Wangmo Wangchuck (by his second wife).
  • Prince (Druk Gyalsey) Namgyel Wangchuck, 26th Penlop of Paro (by his second wife).
  • Princess (Druk Gyalsem) Deki Yangzom Wangchuck (by his second wife).
  • Princess (Druk Gyalsem) Pema Choden Wangchuck (by his second wife).

Princess Choki Wangmo Wangchuck had two daughters, Ashi Deki Choden and Ashi Sonam Yulgyal.

Princess Pema Choden Wangchuck had four children; Ashi Namden, Dasho Namgyel Dawa (Tulku Namgyel Rinpoche), Dasho Wangchen Dawa (Kathok Situ Rinpoche) and Dasho Leon Rabten.

Princess Deki Yangzom Wangchuck had six children; Ashi Lhazen Nizal Rica, Dasho Jigme Namgyal, Dasho Wangchuck Dorji Namgyal, Ashi Yiwang Pindarica, Ashi Namzay Kumutha and the late Ashi Dechen.

Honours

National honours

Foreign honours

Ancestry

See also

  • House of Wangchuck

References

  1. ^ a b Lham Dorji, p. 32
  2. ^ www.bhutanculturalatlas.org
  3. ^ Lham Dorji, p. 30
  4. ^ Lham Dorji, p. 31
  5. ^ Lham Dorji, p. 35
  6. ^ Lham Dorji, p. 39
  7. ^ Lham Dorji, p. 33
  8. ^ Lham Dorji, p. 38
  9. ^ Lham Dorji, pp. 44–45
  10. ^ Lham Dorji, pp. 36–37
  11. ^ Lham Dorji, pp. 37–38
  12. ^ Lham Dorji, p. 45
  13. ^ London Gazette, 3 June 1930
  14. London Gazette
    . Vol. 33256. 1927-03-11. p. 1601. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

Further reading

Jigme Wangchuck
House of Wangchuck
Born: 1905 Died: 30 March 1952
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Bhutan
1926–1952 		Succeeded by


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