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Trongsa,
previously Tongsa (Dzongkha: ཀྲོང་གསར་, Wylie:
krong gsar), is a
Thromde or town, and the
capital of
Trongsa District in
central Bhutan. The...
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vowels or
missing conjuncts instead of
Tibetan characters. The
Penlop of
Trongsa (Dzongkha: ཀྲོང་གསར་དཔོན་སློབ་; Wylie: Krong-gsar dpon-slob), also called...
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Trongsa Dzong is the
largest dzong fortress in Bhutan,
located in
Trongsa (formerly Tongsa) in
Trongsa district, in the
centre of the country.
Built on...
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Prior to reunification, the
Wangchuck family had
governed the
district of
Trongsa as
descendants of
Dungkar Choji. They
eventually overpowered other regional...
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October 2004,
Khesar was
installed as the 16th
Trongsa Penlop in
Trongsa Dzong. The
institution of the
Trongsa Penlop,
started by
Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal...
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leading to the
ascendancy of
Ugyen Wangchuck, the
penlop (governor) of
Trongsa. From his
power base in
central Bhutan,
Ugyen Wangchuck defeated his political...
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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 the death...
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House of Wangchuck. Traditionally,
Bhutan comprised nine provinces:
Trongsa, Paro, Punakha,
Wangdue Phodrang, Daga (also Taka, Tarka, or Taga), Bumthang...
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period of
strife and
civil war,
Ugyen ****umed the
position as the
Penlop of
Trongsa, a post his
father had held.
Ugyen continued to
further suppress dissent...
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Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. At the age of 16, he was
appointed as the
Trongsa Penlop and
bestowed with
saffron scarf. On July 21, 1972, the
Third King...
