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Phuntsog Namgyal

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Gender Female
Date of birth January 1,1604
Born Gangtok
India
DiedYuksom
India
1670
Yuksom
India
Great grandchild Gyurmed Namgyal
Children Tensung Namgyal
Grandchildren Chakdor Namgyal
FatherGuru Tenzing
Deposed date1670
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Phuntsog Namgyal Life story


Phuntsog Namgyal was the first Chogyal of Sikkim, now an Indian state. He consecrated in 1642 at the age of 38. Phuntsog was a fifth generation descendant of Khye Bumsa, a 13th-century prince from the Mi-nyak House in Kham in Eastern Tibet.

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