Sidkeong Namgyal

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Sidkeong Namgyal
Chogyal of Sikkim
Reign1863 – 1874
PredecessorTsugphud Namgyal
SuccessorThutob Namgyal
Born1819
Died1874
HouseNamgyal dynasty
FatherTsugphud Namgyal
ReligionBuddhism

Sidkeong Namgyal (Sikkimese: སྲིད་སཀྱོང་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: srid skyong rnam rgyal) (1819–1874) was king of Sikkim from 1863 to 1874. He was son of Tsugphud Namgyal and was succeeded by his half-brother Thutob Namgyal.[1][2]

His mother was the second wife of his father, a Tibetan lady, sister of the Tashi Lama.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ Rao, P. Raghunadha (1978). Sikkim, the Story of Its Integration with India. Cosmo
  2. ^ Sikkim: Past and Present edited by H. G. Joshi

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Sidkeong Namgyal
Born: 1819 Died: 1874
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Tsugphud Namgyal
Chogyal of Sikkim
1863–1874
Succeeded by
Thutob Namgyal


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