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Palden Thondup Namgyal (Sikkimese: ; Wylie: ''dpal ldan don grub rnam rgyal'') (May 23, 1923 – January 29, 1982) was the 12th and last Chogyal (king) of Sikkim. ==Biography== He was born on May 23, 1923 at the Royal Palace, Park Ridge, Gangtok.〔(Royal Ark )〕 At six, Namgyal became a student at St. Joseph's Convent in Kalimpong, but had to terminate his studies due to attacks of malaria. From age eight to eleven he studied under his uncle, Rimpoche Lhatsun, in order to be ordained a Buddhist monk; he was subsequently recognised as the reincarnated leader of both Phodong and Rumtek monasteries. He later continued his studies at Saint Joseph's College in Darjeeling and finally graduated from Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, in 1941. Namgyal served as adviser for internal affairs for his father, Sir Tashi Namgyal, the 11th Chogyal, and led the negotiating team which established Sikkim's relationship to India after independence in 1949. He married Samyo Kushoe Sangideki in 1950, a daughter of an important Tibetan family of Lhasa, and together they had two sons and a daughter. Samyo Kushoe Sangideki died in 1957. In 1963, Namgyal married Hope Cooke, a twenty-two-year-old socialite from New York City; she was a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers on the state of New York. The marriage brought worldwide media attention to Sikkim. The couple, who had two children, divorced in 1980. Shortly after their marriage, his father died and Namgyal was crowned the new Chogyal on an astrologically favourable date in 1965. In 1975, as the result of a referendum, Sikkim became a state of India and the monarchy abolished. He opposed the referendum and the annexation to India.〔(Sikkim Voters OK Merger With India ) Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 16 April 1975〕〔(Sikkim Votes On Indian Merger ) Daytona Beach Morning Journal, 15 April 1975〕 Namgyal was an amateur radio operator, call-sign (AC3PT ), and was a highly sought after contact on the airwaves. The international callbook listed his address as: P.T. Namgyal, The Palace, Gangtok, Sikkim. Palden died of cancer in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, in the United States on January 29, 1982. Upon his death, 31 members of the State Legislative Assembly offered ''khadas'' to the Chogyal as a mark of respect. He founded the Order of the Precious Jewel of the Heart of Sikkim in September 1972.〔(Royal Ark )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palden Thondup Namgyal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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