PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Kingdom founded in 1642. Annexed to India (retroactive to
26th April 1975), 16th May 1975 . Rulers were...
- Chogyal PHUNTSONG NAMGYAL I, 1st Chogyal of
Sikkim 1642/1670, born 1604, married and had issue He
died 1670.
- Chogyal Tensung Namgyal (qv)
- Chogyal TENSUNG NAMGYAL, 2nd Chogyal of
Sikkim 1670/1700, born 1644, married 2ndly, Debasem
Serpa, and had issue. He died 1700.
- Chogyal Chaggdor Namgyal (qv)
- Shalngo Guru Namgyal
- Chogyal CHAGGDOR NAMGYAL, 3rd Chogyal of
Sikkim 1700/1717, born 1686, married and had issue. He
died 1717.
- Chogyal Gyurmed Namgyal (qv)
- Chogyal GYURMED NAMGYAL, 4th Chogyal of
Sikkim 1717/1734, born 1707, married and had issue. He
died 1734 (#4).
- Chogyal Phuntsong Namgyal II (qv)
- Chogyal PHUNTSONG NAMGYAL II, 5th Chogyal of
Sikkim 1734/1780, born 1734, married and had issue. He
died 1780.
- Chogyal Tenzin Namgyal (qv)
- Chogyal TENZIN NAMGYAL, 6th Chogyal of Sikkim
1780/1793, born 1769, married Anyo Gyelyum, and had
issue. He died 1793.
- Chogyal Tsugphud Namgyal (qv)
- Chogyal TSUGPHUD NAMGYAL, 7th Chogyal of
Sikkim 1793/1863, born 1785, married 1stly, Rani (name
unknown), married 2ndly, Rani (name unknown),
a sister of the Tashi Llama, married 3rdly, Rani (name
unknown), she died sp, married 4thly,
Rani Tanna Dinga, died sp, married 5thly, Rani
Menchi, and had issue, as well as further issue. He
died 1863.
- Maharajkumari (name unknown) (by 1st wife),
married Tarding of Tashe-lhunpu.
- Maharajkumari (name unknown) (by 1st wife),
died unmarried.
- Maharajkumar (name unknown) (by 1st wife),
Kupgzin of Labrong, died unmarried.
- HH Maharaja Sidkeong Trulku Namgyal I (by 2nd
wife) (qv)
- Maharajkumar (name unknown), Kuzhu Lase
(by 2nd wife), died unmarried.
- Maharajkumar (name unknown) (by 2nd wife),
Avatar of Namchi, died unmarried.
- Maharajkumari (name unknown) (by 5th wife),
married a Kazi in Tibet.
- Maharajkumari Seringputti Namgyal (by 5th wife),
married (as his second wife), Diwan Namgay.
- HH Maharaja Sir Thotub Namgyal (by 5th wife) (qv)
- Maharajkumari (name unknown) (by 5th wife),
a Nun at Tumloug.
- Rajkumari (name unknown) (by a serving
maid), married (as his first wife), Diwan Namgay, Pagla
Diwan.
- Rajkumar Changzed Gelong Kar-po Namgyal (by a
serving maid), married (his fathers fifth wife),
Rani Menchi, and had issue.
- Tinle Namgyal, Kuzhu Lase.
- HH Maharaja SIDKEONG TRULKU NAMGYAL I, 8th
Chogyal of Sikkim 1863/1874, born 1819, married Rani
Pending, died 1880, a lady of Tashe-lhunpu. He died sp
in April 1874.
- HH Maharaja Sir THOTUB NAMGYAL K.C.I.E., 9th
Chogyal of Sikkim 1874/1914, born 1860 (1851 #5), K.C.I.E., married 1stly,
1874, Rani Pending, died 1880, a lady of Tashe-lhunpu
and widow of his step-brother, and had issue. He died
10th February 1914 (#1)
.
- Maharajkumari Namgyel Dumo (by Rani Pending), born
1876.
- Maharajkumar Tshodag Namgyal (by Rani Pending),
born 1877, died vpsp.
- Raja Tshotra Namgyal, born 1879, he was granted
the title of Raja as a personal distinction by the
Government of India on 2nd January 1922 (#6 p.311).
- Chogyal Sidkeong Trulku Namgyal II (by Rani
Pending) (qv)
- Chogyal Tashi Namgyal (qv)
- Maharajkumari Chuni Wangmo Namgyal, born 1896 or
1897, married 5th April 1918 (#6
p.311), Deb
Zimpon
Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji of Bhutan,
died September 1953, Agent to HH the Maharaja of
Bhutan at Kalimpong, and had issue.
- HH Maharaja SIDKEONG TRULKU NAMGYAL II, 10th
Chogyal of Sikkim [10.2.1914] - [8.12.1914], born
1879, married (NOTE)
a niece of the Raja of Stokh. He died sp on
8th December 1914 (#2) or 5th
December 1914 (#3 p.311).
- HH Maharaja Sir TASHI NAMGYAL K.C.I.E., 11th
Chogyal of Sikkim [5.12.1914] - [2.12.1963], born 26th
October 1893, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer in 1909
and 1910 and at St. Paul's School, Darjeeling in 1911
and 1914; he attended the Coronation Durbar in Delhi
in 1911; he succeeded to the throne on 5th December
1914 (#6 p.311) and his
formal accession according to Sikkim custom took place
on 15th May 1916 (#6 p.311);
he was invested with full ruling powers on 5th April
1918 (#6 p.311); at the
outbreak of the Great War, the Chogyal offered his
personal services and all of the resources of his
state at the disposal of the Government, and for these
services and others rendered during WWI, the Maharaja
was made a C.I.E. on 1st January 1919, and was
promoted to K.C.I.E. on 1st January 1923, married 8th
October 1918, HH Maharani Kunzang Dechen, born 1906,
daughter of the Rakashar Depon, a General in the
Tibetan army, and grand-daughter of the Late Sonchen
Shokang, she was educated at Hampton Court College,
Mussoorie in 1920, and had issue, three sons and three
daughters. He died 2nd December 1963.
 Maharajkumar
Kunzang Paljor Namgyal, born 20th November 1921 (#6 p.311), died 1941.- HH Maharaja Palden Thondup Namgyal (qv)
- Maharajkumari Pema Chandon Namgyal, born 6th
September 1924.
- Maharajkumari Pema Choki Namgyal, born 25th
December 1925.
- Maharajkumari Sonam Paduam Namgyal, born 27th May
1927, [??married Kazi Sonam Gyatso =??Sonam
Gyatso Rinpoche, born 1932, died 1988], and
had issue.
- Ven. Gharwang Rinpoche, born 30th June
1965, 12th Incarnation of Zurmang, installed
1976.
- Maharjkumar Jigdal Tsewing Namgyal, born 23rd
August 1928.
- HH Chogyal PALDEN THONDUP NAMGYAL, 12th
Chogyal of Sikkim [2.12.1963] - [29.1.1982], born 22nd
May 1923 in Gangtok, studied monk hood 1931/1934 under
his uncle, Lhatsun Rimpoche, when he was recognised as
the spiritual leader of Phodong and Rumtek monasteries
in succession to Chogyal Sidkeong, continued his
studies at St. Joseph�s College, Darjeeling 1935, and
completed his studies at Bishop Cotton School, Simla
in 1941, undertook the Indian Civil Service Training
Course at Dehra Dun in 1942, was connected with a
number of cultural and academic bodies in Sikkim,
India and abroad, President of the Mahabodhi Society
of India since 1953 and he led the Sikkim delegation
to the Sixth Buddhist Council that was held in Burma
in 1954, participated in the 2500 Buddha Jayanti
Celebrations in India in 1956, and was the only member
of the Working Committee from Sikkim, represented
Sikkim at the Sixth World Fellowship of Buddhists
conference in Cambodia in 1961, awarded O.B.E. [1947],
Padma Vibushan, India [1954] and Commander De L�ordre
de L��toile Noire, France [1956], married 1stly,
August 1950, HH Maharani Samyo Kushoe Sangay Deki,
daughter of Yapshi Samdu Phodrang of Tibet, died 17th
June 1957, married 2ndly, 20th March 1963 (div. 1980),
Hope Cooke, born 24th June 1940 in San Francisco (#3),
granddaughter and ward of Mr. and Mrs. Winchester
Noyes (USA), and had issue. He died 29th January 1982
in New York.
- Maharajkumar Tenzing Kunzang Jiqui Namgyal, Crown
Prince of Sikkim 1963/1978, died sp 11th
March 1978 aged 26 years, near Gangtok, Sikkim.
- HH Chogyal Wangchuk Namgyal (qv)
- Maharajkumari Yangchen Dolma Namgyal
- Maharajkumar Palden Gyurmed Namgyal (by Hope
Cooke), born 20th February 1964.
- Maharajkumari Hope Leezum Namgyal (by Hope Cooke)
- HH Chogyal WANGCHUK NAMGYAL, 13th Chogyal of
Sikkim (see above)
NOTE: A number of suitable Princesses
were considered as brides, including three daughters of
the Limbin Prince, as well as an eligible Japanese high
born lady. see File S I Jan 1911 22 Intended visit of
the Maharaj Kumar of Sikkim to Allahabad to see the two
elder daughters of the Limbin Mintha with a view to his
marriage IOR/R/1/1/424 1911 |
