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Punakha (Dzongkha: སྤུ་ན་ཁ་) is the
administrative centre of
Punakha dzongkhag, one of the 20
districts of Bhutan.
Punakha was the
capital of
Bhutan and...
- The
Punakha Dzong, also
known as
Pungthang Dewa
chhenbi Phodrang (meaning "the
palace of
great happiness or bliss"), is the
administrative centre of Punakha...
- The
Treaty of
Punakha was an
agreement signed on 8
January 1910, at
Punakha Dzong between the
recently consolidated Kingdom of
Bhutan and
British India...
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Punakha District (Dzongkha: སྤུ་ན་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: spu-na-kha rdzong-khag) is one of the 20...
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pursued closer ties with
Britain in the subcontinent. In 1910, the
Treaty of
Punakha guaranteed British advice in
foreign policy in
exchange for
internal autonomy...
- in the snow
covered Himalayas within Bhutan on the road from
Thimphu to
Punakha where 108
memorial chortens or
stupas known as "Druk
Wangyal Chortens"...
- Wangchuck. Traditionally,
Bhutan comprised nine provinces: Trongsa, Paro,
Punakha,
Wangdue Phodrang, Daga (also Taka, Tarka, or Taga), Bumthang, Thimphu...
- of Bhutan, and
Jetsun Pema took
place on 13
October 2011 at the
Punakha Dzong in
Punakha, Bhutan. The
current King of Bhutan,
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck...
- king of Bhutan. In 1910, King
Ugyen and the
British signed the
Treaty of
Punakha which provided that
British India would not
interfere in the
internal affairs...
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Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, who was
officially crowned on 6
November 2008, in
Punakha.
Religious ceremonies and
public celebrations were also held at Tashichho...
