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Phuntsog Namgyal
Phuntsog Namgyal was the first Chogyal, or king, of Sikkim, consecrated at Yuksom in 1642 by three Tibetan Buddhist lamas. Founder of the Namgyal dynasty, he organised a Buddhist monarchy over the Bhutia and Lepcha peoples and set up the administration of the kingdom. His dynasty ruled Sikkim until the monarchy was abolished in 1975.
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