Chogyal
Monarchs of the former Kingdom of Sikkim
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History
From 1642 to 1975, Sikkim was ruled by the monarchy founded by Phuntsog Namgyal, the fifth-generation descendant of Guru Tashi, a prince from the Minyak House who came to Sikkim from the Kham region of Eastern Tibet. Chogyal means 'righteous ruler', and was the title conferred upon Sikkim's Buddhist kings during the reign of the Namgyal Monarchy.
In 1642, Phuntsog Namgyal was crowned as Sikkim's first Chogyal in Yuksom. The crowning of the king was a great event and he was crowned by three revered lamas who arrived there from three different directions, namely the north, west, and south.
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Chogyal kings of Sikkim
List of chogyals
Timeline
Titular chogyals
The son from the first marriage of Palden Thondup Namgyal, Wangchuk Namgyal (Sikkimese: དབང་ཕྱུག་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; born 1 April 1953), was named the 13th Chogyal after his father's death on 29 January 1982, and crowned on 19 February 1982; the Government of India did not recognize this coronation, and the position no longer confers any official authority.