Jigme Wangchuck

Jigme Wangchuk
King of Bhutan
Reign26 August 1926 – 30 March 1952
Coronation14 March 1927[1]
PredecessorUgyen Wangchuck
SuccessorJigme Dorji Wangchuck
Born1905
Thinley Rabten Palace
Died(1952-03-30)30 March 1952 (aged 46–47)
Kuenga Rabten Palace, Dragteng Gewog, Trongsa[2]
Burial
Cremated at Kurjey Lhakhang
Spouse1st consort-Phuntsho Choden
2nd consort-Pema Dechen
IssueKing Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
Princess Choki Wangmo Wangchuck
Prince Namgyel Wangchuck
Princess Deki Yangzom Wangchuck
Princess Pema Choden Wangchuck
HouseHouse of Wangchuck
FatherUgyen Wangchuck
MotherTsundue Pema Lhamo
ReligionBuddhism
Picture of King Jigme Wangchuck at Paro International Airport
Picture of Dragon King Jigme Wangchuck at Paro International Airport

Jigme Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག, Wylie: ’jigs med dbang phyug; 1905 – 30 March 1952) was the (Dzongkha འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་གཉིས་པ) 2nd Druk Gyalpo or king of Bhutan from 26 August 1926, until his death. He pursued legal and infrastructural reform during his reign. Bhutan continued to maintain almost complete isolation from the outside world during this period; its only foreign relations were with the British Raj in India, under which Bhutan was a protected state. He was succeeded by his son, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.

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