👑 1ST KING OF BHUTAN👑

👑THE GLORIOUS FIRST KING OF BHUTAN👑

Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck (

first king

Dzongkha: ཨོ་རྒྱན་དབང་ཕྱུག,  o rgyan dbang phyug was the first Druk Gyalpo (King) of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926. In his lifetime, he made efforts to unite the fledgling country and gain the trust of the people.Ugyen Wangchuck was born in Wangdicholing Palace, Jakar, Bumthang in 1862. His father, Jigme Namgyal, was the Druk Desi of Bhutan at the time and he was apprenticed at the court of his father in the art of leadership and warfare at a very young age.1862– Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuk was born at the Wangdue Choeling Palace in 1862.

1926– The Druk Gyalpo Ugyen Wangchuck passed away on 21st August 1926, at the age of 64 in Thinley Rabten Palace on the lap of his eldest son. Before his demise, the Druk Gyalpo sent large donations of provisions, cloth and money to the Central Monk Body in Punakha and commanded that his Royal remains  be cremated at Kuje Lhakhang.