Sidkeong Namgyal

This article is about the king of Sikkim from 1863 to 1874. For the Sikkim king in 1914, see Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal.
Sidkeong Namgyal
Chogyal Sidkeong Namgyal in Darjeeling
Chogyal of Sikkim
Reign1863 – 1874
PredecessorTsugphud Namgyal
SuccessorThutob Namgyal
Born1819
Died1874
HouseNamgyal dynasty
FatherTsugphud Namgyal
ReligionBuddhism

Sidkeong Namgyal (Sikkimese: སྲིད་སཀྱོང་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: srid skyong rnam rgyal) (1819–1874) was king of Sikkim from 1863 to 1874. He was son of Tsugphud Namgyal and was succeeded by his half-brother Thutob Namgyal.[1][2]

His mother was the second wife of his father, a Tibetan lady, sister of the Tashi Lama.[citation needed]

It was Sidkeong Namgyal who signed the Treaty of Tumlong with the British in 1861, his father having abdicated rather than return to surrender to the force of Sir Ashley Eden.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rao, P. Raghunadha (1978). Sikkim, the Story of Its Integration with India. Cosmo
  2. ^ Sikkim: Past and Present edited by H. G. Joshi
  3. ^ [https://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/bot/pdf/bot_2009_02_02.pdf 1861 history
Sidkeong Namgyal
Born: 1819 Died: 1874
Regnal titles
Preceded by Chogyal of Sikkim
1863–1874 		Succeeded by


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