- Ugyen Wangchuck
Ugyen Wangchuck (or Deb Nagpo) (1861–1926) was the first king of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926. He was the "
penlop " (governor) ofTrongsa . From his power base in centralBhutan , Ugyen Wangchuck defeated his political enemies and united the country following several civil wars and rebellions in 1882–1885.In what was an epochal year for the country, in 1907 Ugyen Wangchuck was unanimously chosen as the hereditary monarch of the country by the people at
Punakha , the Capital of Bhutan at the time.For his services to the
Francis Younghusband expedition toLhasa ,Tibet , he was knighted by the British in 1904. He was appointedKnight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) in the 1921 New Year Honours, [LondonGazette |issue=32178 |date=1 January 1921 |startpage=5|supp=yes] having already been appointed Knight Commander (KCIE) in 1904.Honours
*Delhi Durbar Medal-1911
*Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)-1911
*Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)-1921 (KCIE-1905)Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.bhutanmajestictravel.com/bhutan-100-years-of-monarchy/ More about Sir Ugyen Wangchuk Wangchuk]
* [http://bhutan2008.blogspot.com/2007/04/kings-of-bhutan.html Sir Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuk Biography]
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