-
Tibetan characters. The
Penlop of
Trongsa (Dzongkha: ཀྲོང་གསར་དཔོན་སློབ་; Wylie: Krong-gsar dpon-slob), also
called Chhoetse Penlop (Dzongkha: ཆོས་རྩེ་དཔོན་སློབ་;...
- pro-British
Penlop of Trongsa. Ultimately, the
independence of the
Penlop of Paro
ended in
merger with the
House of Wangchuck. The
Penlop of
Daga, or "Dagab"...
-
measuring about 4’5”. The horn is
believed to have been
discovered by
Daga Penlop Tempa Thinley in the
early 16th century. However, over the
years the...
-
earned the
favour of the
British Empire.
After consolidating power, the 12th
Penlop of
Trongsa Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck was
elected Druk Gyalpo, thus founding...
-
Daga Province occupied lands in west-central Bhutan. It was
administered from the town of
Daga. The
ruling governor was
known as the
Penlop of
Daga,...
- executive) of
Bhutan (1870–1873), and held the
hereditary post of 10th
Penlop of Trongsa. He was
called the
Black Ruler. Son of
Dasho Pila
Gonpo Wangyal...
-
Bumthang Daga Kurmaed Kurtoed Paro
Punakha Thimphu Trongsa Wangdue Phodrang The
Provinces of
Bhutan were
historical regions of
Bhutan headed by
penlops and...
-
provinces and
eight penlops vying for power. Traditionally,
Bhutan comprised nine provinces: Trongsa, Paro, Punakha,
Wangdue Phodrang,
Daga (also Taka, Tarka...
- 1876, when he was 14,
Ugyen joined his
father in
fighting the
rebellious Penlop of Paro,
Tshewnag Norbu. In
early 1877 his
father left
Ugyen in Paro to...
- an adult,
Gongzim Ugen
Dorji became Chief Minister to his
second cousin Penlop (Lord)
Ugyen Wangchuck and was
instrumental in
uniting the
various fiefdoms...
