Clue: He was the first individual from Sikkim to be knighted.
By Seira Tamang As noted by various scholars, Hinduism, the Nepali language, the monarchy and a rastriya itihas (a chronicle of progress in which the dark era of Rana rule is contrasted with the enlightened, progressive and modern period of Panchayat rule) formed the core of the Panchayat regime’s national culture. The formation and consolidation of this national culture have required the expunging of uncomfortable facts and stories that might raise ambiguities and questions. While the selection of what and who is and is not acknowledged to exist (or at least exist in historically important ways) in official Nepali history is complex, social scientists have begun to provide more comprehensive historical accounts of the past through oral histories and re-readings of historical documents. Such accounts reveal how ordinary people lived in the past, and offer ways to think through how ‘history’ is crafted, shaped and managed in order to reflect ‘the reality’ best suited to the status quo, ...
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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