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...Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) Jigme Dorji Wangchuk...
Call Me Mister. What gives Bhutan real distinction is the fact that it is a country without an army-at the moment. The head of the government is youthful (27) Druk Gyalpo Jigme Wangchuk, whose name means Dragon King. Up to six months ago he ruled Bhutan (pop. 300,000) with the aid of a council of eight, 125 civil servants and a handful of palace guards. Among the Dragon King's closest advisers is bespectacled, English-speaking Jigme Dorji, 37, one of the delegation visiting Nepal. Although he is the King's brother...
...identity by recognizing certain suitable symbols. By 1907 Bhutan's lamas, grown fat and indolent with centuries of rule, got too lazy to hunt for a new Raja. The government was taken over by a local governor, the Tongsa Penlop, a fighting politician who got himself elected Gyalpo (i.e., King) of the Land of the Thunder-dragon. Knighted by the British, who understood such ambition, Sir Ugyen Wangchuk ruled for 19 years and died in 1926. He was succeeded...
Last week, in a ceremony which by tradition includes an honor guard of silk-uniformed soldiers, each carrying two swords and a shield of buffalo hide, Sir Jigme's 24-year-old son, Jigme Dorji, was installed as the third Gyalpo of Thunder-dragon. Two visitors-the eldest son of the Maharaja of neighboring Sikkim and an Indian political agent-were invited over the mountains to see the show. They were the only outsiders present...
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