Thutob Namgyal

Thutob Namgyal (sikkimesisch-tibetisch མཐུ་སྟོབས་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: mthu-stobs rnam-rgyal; * 1860; † 11. Februar 1914) war der regierende Chogyal (Monarch) von Sikkim zwischen 1874 und 1914. Thutob Namgyal war der Sohn von Tsugphud Namgyal (1785–1863). Seine Mutter war die Maharani Menchi.

Thutob Namgyal.

Schwarz-Weiß-Aufnahme einer Gruppe von sechs Würdenträgern in darjeeling um 1900.

Thutob Namgyal (l.) in Darjeeling etwa 1900

Regierungszeit

Thutob bestieg den Thron in Nachfolge seines Halbbruders Sidkeong Namgyal (1819–1874), der ohne Erben verstarb. Konflikte zwischen nepalesischen Siedlern und der angestammten Bevölkerung während seiner Regierungszeit führten zu direkten Interventionen der Briten, die damals de facto die Herren des Gebiets im Himalaya waren. Die Briten entschieden zu Gunsten der Nepalesen zum Verdruss des Chogyal, der sich daraufhin ins Chumbi-Tal (चुम्बी घाटी) zurückzog und sich mit den Tibetern verbündete.

Die Briten entsandten eine Militärexpedition (Sikkim Expedition, সিকিম অভিযান) und, nach einer Reihe von Scharmützeln zwischen den Tibetern und den Briten beim Pass Jelep La (རྫི་ལི་ལ), wurden die Tibeter zurückgedrängt und der Chogyal wurde unter die Aufsicht von John Claude White gestellt, der 1889 zum Political Officer ernannt wurde. 1894 verlegte Thutob die Hauptstadt von Tumlong an den heutigen Standort Gangtok. Er wurde 1911 von den Briten ausgezeichnet. Alex McKay berichtet:

„Der 9. Chogyal von Sikkim, Sir Thutob Namgyal, war zunehmend unterstützend für Modernisierungen. Nach seinem Tod 1914, folgte ihm Sidkeon Namgyal Tulku, der von den Briten für das Amt herangezogen worden war, aber er starb nach nur 10-monatiger Herrschaft. Sidkeong Tulkus jüngerer Halbbruder, Tashi Namgyal, der an St Paul’s [Darjeeling] und an Mayo College ausgebildet worden war, wurde dann Chogyal 1915, und herrschte über Sikkim bis zu seinem Tod 1963.“[1]

Das Sir Thutob Namgyal Memorial Hospital (STNM) in Gangtok wurde 1917 zu seinen Ehren benannt.

Familie

Thutob Namgyal war verheiratet mit Yeshay Dolma. Sie hatten die Kinder Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal, Tashi Namgyal und Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji.

Titel

1860–1874: Prinz Thutob Namgyal.
1874–1911: His Highness Sri Panch Maharaja Thutob Namgyal, Maharaja Chogyal von Sikkim.
1911–1914: His Highness Sri Panch Maharaja Sir Thutob Namgyal, Maharaja Chogyal of Sikkim, Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE).

Ehrungen

British Empire

Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE), 12. Dezember 1911.
Empress of India Gold Medal, 1. Januar 1877.
Delhi Durbar Gold Medal, 1. Januar 1903.
Delhi Durbar Gold Medal, 11. Dezember 1911.

Weblinks

Commons: Thutob Namgyal – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien

History of Sikkim. Home Department, Govt of Sikkim. sikkim.nic.in

Vorgänger	Amt	Nachfolger
Sidkeong Namgyal	Chogyal von Sikkim 1874–1914	Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal

Einzelnachweise

„The 9th Chogyal of Sikkim, Sir Thutob Namgyal, was increasingly supportive of modernisation. After his death in 1914, Sidkeon Namgyal Tulku, who had been groomed for the post by the British, succeeded him but died after ruling for just 10 months. Sidkeong Tulku’s younger half-brother, Tashi Namgyal, who had been educated at St Paul’s and Mayo College, then became Chogyal in 1915, and ruled Sikkim until his death in 1963.“ Alex McKay: The indigenisation of western medicine in Sikkim. In: The Bulletin of Tibetology. University of Cambridge 2004-02-02: S. 35. Archivlink: „We have seen that the indigenisation process saw Western medicine take on aspects of traditional Sikkimese social structures, and this was particularly significant in regard to its patronage by the state’s traditional ruler. The 9th Chogyal of Sikkim, Sir Thutob Namgyal, was increasingly supportive of modernisation. After his death in 1914, Sidkeon Namgyal Tulku, who had been groomed for the post by the British, succeeded him but died after ruling for just 10 months. Sidkeong Tulku’s younger half-brother, Tashi Namgyal, who had been educated at St Paul’s and Mayo College, then became Chogyal in 1915, and ruled Sikkim until his death in 1963. Tashi Namgyal was, according to the British reports ‘deeply interested in medical affairs’, and in the early 1920s he and his wife (’the Maharani’ in British records), made a number of visits to the hospital in Gangtok, ‘and rendered every help possible.’ The Maharani even joined the Political Officer’s wife in organising classes at which local ladies might prepare garments for patients and so forth. This type of patronage continued into the post-colonial period.“

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] „The 9th Chogyal of Sikkim, Sir Thutob Namgyal, was increasingly supportive of modernisation. After his death in 1914, Sidkeon Namgyal Tulku, who had been groomed for the post by the British, succeeded him but died after ruling for just 10 months. Sidkeong Tulku’s younger half-brother, Tashi Namgyal, who had been educated at St Paul’s and Mayo College, then became Chogyal in 1915, and ruled Sikkim until his death in 1963.“ Alex McKay: The indigenisation of western medicine in Sikkim. In: The Bulletin of Tibetology. University of Cambridge 2004-02-02: S. 35. Archivlink: „We have seen that the indigenisation process saw Western medicine take on aspects of traditional Sikkimese social structures, and this was particularly significant in regard to its patronage by the state’s traditional ruler. The 9th Chogyal of Sikkim, Sir Thutob Namgyal, was increasingly supportive of modernisation. After his death in 1914, Sidkeon Namgyal Tulku, who had been groomed for the post by the British, succeeded him but died after ruling for just 10 months. Sidkeong Tulku’s younger half-brother, Tashi Namgyal, who had been educated at St Paul’s and Mayo College, then became Chogyal in 1915, and ruled Sikkim until his death in 1963. Tashi Namgyal was, according to the British reports ‘deeply interested in medical affairs’, and in the early 1920s he and his wife (’the Maharani’ in British records), made a number of visits to the hospital in Gangtok, ‘and rendered every help possible.’ The Maharani even joined the Political Officer’s wife in organising classes at which local ladies might prepare garments for patients and so forth. This type of patronage continued into the post-colonial period.“