Tashi Namgyal

Tashi Namgyal
The 11th Chogyal
Tashi Namgyal in 1938
Chogyal of Sikkim
Reign5 December 1914 – 2 December 1963
PredecessorSidkeong Tulku
SuccessorPalden Thondup
Born(1893-10-26)26 October 1893
Tibet, Qing dynasty
Died2 December 1963(1963-12-02) (aged 70)
Gangtok, Kingdom of Sikkim
SpouseKunzang Dechen
IssuePalden Thondup
HouseNamgyal dynasty
FatherThutob Namgyal
MotherYeshay Dolma
ReligionBuddhism
Military career
Allegiance Kingdom of Sikkim
Years of service1914 - 1963
Tashi Namgyal pictured with SS-Sturmbannführer Ernst Schäfer, leader of the 1938–1939 German expedition to Tibet

Tashi Namgyal (Sikkimese: བཀྲ་ཤིས་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: Bkra-shis Rnam-rgyal) (26 October 1893 – 2 December 1963) was the ruling Chogyal (King) of Sikkim from 1914 to 1963. He was the son of Thutob Namgyal. He was the first independent king of Sikkim.