I believe in between our quest to know more about our Sikkim..i believe we need to know people, places and cultures of our state, so from this time i would like to share photographs just to help people get familiar with them...
Clue: He was the first individual from Sikkim to be knighted.
He is Sir Tashi Namgyal, how can one forget the school where we completed our higher secondary i.e. Sir Tashi Namgyal Senior Secondary School, Gangtok.
ReplyDeleteSathi this was Chogyal Sir Thutob Namgyal......
ReplyDeleteHe is Chogyal Thutob Namgyal, the hare lipped Maharaja, whose eldest son Raja Tsodrak Namgyal was sent off to Lhasa before the British invasion.
ReplyDeleteYes he is Sir Thutob Nmagyal and i believe he was the fourth Chogyal of the Namgyal Lineage.He did had a hip lip and for this physical deformity he was quite perplexed. This is corroborated by the fact that when Sir thotob Namgyal and his Gyalmo visted Calcutta on diplomtic tour he let his minsiter deal all the official chores. His reign did see the advent of europeans particularly the Britsh intrusion into the sikkimese political scenario during the early 19th century.
ReplyDeleteThe hair lipped Maharaja is none other than the father of Crown Prince Raja Tsodrak Namgyal.
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