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Penlop (Dzongkha: དཔོན་སློབ་; Wylie: dpon-slob; also
spelled Ponlop, Pönlop) is a
Dzongkha term
roughly translated as
provincial governor.
Bhutanese penlops...
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Tibetan characters. The
Penlop of
Trongsa (Dzongkha: ཀྲོང་གསར་དཔོན་སློབ་; Wylie: Krong-gsar dpon-slob), also
called Chhoetse Penlop (Dzongkha: ཆོས་རྩེ་དཔོན་སློབ་;...
- executive) of
Bhutan (1870–1873), and held the
hereditary post of 10th
Penlop of Trongsa. He was
called the
Black Ruler. Son of
Dasho Pila
Gonpo Wangyal...
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earned the
favour of the
British Empire.
After consolidating power, the 12th
Penlop of
Trongsa Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck was
elected Druk Gyalpo, thus founding...
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expected to
succeed his father; accordingly, he was
given the
title Penlop of
Trongsa in 1923.
Jigme Wangchuck ascended to the
throne in 1926, after...
- 1876, when he was 14,
Ugyen joined his
father in
fighting the
rebellious Penlop of Paro,
Tshewnag Norbu. In
early 1877 his
father left
Ugyen in Paro to...
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Trongsa Dronyer and then
elevated as the 25th Paro
Penlop in 1950, upon the
death of the 24th Paro
Penlop,
Tshering Penjor (1902–1949).
Wangchuck married...
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Chogyal Minjur Tenpa (1613–1680; r. 1667–1680).
Minjur Tenpa was the
first Penlop of
Trongsa (Tongsab),
appointed by
Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. He was born...
- 2004,
Khesar was
installed as the 16th
Trongsa Penlop in
Trongsa Dzong. The
institution of the
Trongsa Penlop,
started by
Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1647...
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secular head of Bhutan, and
previously the
first penlop (governor) of
Trongsa (Trongsab). His
tenure as
penlop was
notable for the
building of a watchtower...
