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HELP REQUIRED: Looking for family members of late Bimshamsir Pradhan from Gangtok

I am looking for the family members of late Bimshamsir Pradhan from Gangtok who left India and stayed in Sarawak, Malaysia. He went to Malaysia in 1961. He was married to Rohani (her other name is Pawi) and also have a daughter Lolita Bhimshamsir Pradhan. He was in Gorkha Regiment that went to Malaysia.

Rai Sahib Rhenok Kazi of Sikkim State with Owner of the Drama Company at Rhenock

Rai Sahib Rhenok Kazi of Sikkim State with Owner of the Drama Company at Rhenock

Rabdenste Palace Ruins

   by Benu Pradhan About 3kms from Pelling and a few minutes walk further down from Pemayangtse Monastery are the Rabdentse ruins, the 2nd capital of Sikkim, founded by the 2nd Chogyal of Sikkim Tensung Namgyal in the year 1670. In this palace, Tensung Namgyal married three wives, first from Tibet, second from Bhutan and the daughter of the Limboo king, Yo Yo Hang of Limbuwana eastern Nepal. The 3rd Chogyal Chador Namgyal and his half-sister, Paden Wangmoo (the daughter of a Bhutanese mother), claimed the throne against her brother, which led to the Bhutanese attack on Rabdentse and the fleeing away of Chador Namgyal for political shelter to Lhasa, and losing Kalimpong to Bhutan in the process finally to the brother of Chador Namgyal.   The assassinations by his sister Paden at Borong hot spring when the king was deep in treatment (1716). With the final wishes of the dying king, Sister Paden Wangmoo was caught and strangled to death and burnt at Samduptse (Na...

Gawa Denzongpa - Danny Denzongpa at Dr PK Agarwal's daughter's wedding

Gawa Denzongpa - Danny Denzongpa at Dr PK Agarwal's daughter's wedding pic: bollywoodmantra

Say no to plastics......as seen at Pelling

Say no to plastics..as seen at Pelling

Last day of Teachers Training at Gangtok Jan-Feb 2010