Tenzing Namgyal

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Tenzing Namgyal
Chogyal of Sikkim
Reign1780 – 1793
PredecessorPhuntsog Namgyal II
SuccessorTsugphud Namgyal
Born1769
Died1793
IssueTsugphud Namgyal
HouseNamgyal dynasty
FatherPhuntsog Namgyal II
ReligionBuddhism

Tenzing Namgyal (Sikkimese: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: bstan 'dzin rnam rgyal) was the sixth Chogyal (king) of Sikkim. He succeeded Phuntsog Namgyal II in 1780 and was succeeded himself by Tsugphud Namgyal in 1793.[1]

During his reign Chogyal fled to Tibet, and later died there in exile.

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Tenzing Namgyal
Born: 1769 Died: 1793
Regnal titles
Preceded by Chogyal of Sikkim
1780–1793
Succeeded by


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