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    Bhutan's early history is steeped in mythology and remains obscure. Some of the structures provide evidence that the region has been settled as early...
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    history of Bhutan begins with the Battle of Five Lamas in 1634, marking Bhutan's emergence as a nation under the secular and religious leadership of Zhabdrung...
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    instead of Tibetan characters. Bhutan (/buːˈtɑːn/ boo-TAHN; Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, romanized: Druk Yul [ʈuk̚˩.yː˩]), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan (Dzongkha:...
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    conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters. The Druk Gyalpo (འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་; lit. 'Dragon King') is the head of state of the Kingdom of Bhutan. In the Dzongkha...
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    of Tibetan characters. The Royal Bhutan Army (RBA; Dzongkha: བསྟན་སྲུང་དམག་སྡེ་, romanized: bStan-srung dmag-sde) is a branch of the armed forces of the...
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    Desi Jigme Namgyal of Bhutan (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: jigs med rnam rgyal, 1825–1881) is a forefather of the Wangchuck Dynasty. He served...
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    Bhutan was founded and unified as a country by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche in the mid–17th century. After his death in 1651, Bhutan nominally...
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    the queen consort of the Kingdom of Bhutan. In the Dzongkha language, Bhutan is known as Drukyul which translates as "The Land of the Thunder Dragon"...
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    century, during a period of relative peace in Bhutan. Throughout its history, Bhutan has mainly followed the Tibetan tradition of Buddhist architecture....
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    hereditary position of Druk Gyalpo ("Dragon King") of Bhutan since 1907. Prior to reunification, the Wangchuck family had governed the district of Trongsa as descendants...
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  • Before the introduction of Buddhism in Bhutan, the prevalent religion was Bon. Some scholars assert that it was imported from Tibet and India, perhaps...
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    The Kingdom of Bhutan is divided into 20 districts (Dzongkha: dzongkhags). Bhutan is located between the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and India on...
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    Foreign relations of Bhutan History of Bhutan Treaty of Punakha Kaul, Nitasha (May 2021). ""Where Is Bhutan?" The Production of Bhutan's Asymmetrical Inbetweenness...
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    Bhutan and the United States have no formal diplomatic relations, but relations between the two nations are viewed as "friendly and close", due to shared...
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    The prime minister of Bhutan (Lyonchhen) is the head of government of Bhutan. The prime minister is nominated by the party that wins the most seats in...
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    bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Bhutan face legal challenges that are not faced by non-LGBT people. Bhutan does not provide any anti-discrimination...
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    conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters. The national flag of Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ་རྒྱལ་དར​) is one of the national symbols of Bhutan. The flag features...
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    Thimphu (redirect from Capital of Bhutan)
    western central part of Bhutan, and the surrounding valley is one of Bhutan's dzongkhags, the Thimphu District. The ancient capital city of Punakha was replaced...
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    Druk Gyalpo (King) of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926. In his lifetime, he made efforts to unite the fledgling country and gain the trust of the people. Ugyen...
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  • Bhutan House is an estate located in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India, owned by the Dorji family of Bhutan. The site is the traditional administrative Dzong...
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  • Bhutan is a Buddhist country by constitution and Buddhism plays a vital role in the country. The official religion in Bhutan is Buddhism, which is practiced...
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    in and around Bhutan, Assam, and Sikkim, and were the backbone of Bhutan's pre-money feudal economy. Bhutan abolished slavery as part of modernization...
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    Lhotshampa (redirect from Nepalis in Bhutan)
    Bhutan Tek Nath Rizal Goldhap Refugee Camp Beldangi refugee camps Immigration in Bhutan Demographics of Bhutan Ethnic groups in Bhutan "Population of...
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  • The first postage stamps of Bhutan were issued in 1962, the same year that the first motorable road was opened. Before that there was a mail delivery...
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    Constitution of Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་གི་རྩ་ཁྲིམས་ཆེན་མོ་; Wylie: 'Druk-gi cha-thrims-chen-mo) was enacted 18 July 2008 by the Royal Government of Bhutan. The...
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    The economy of Bhutan is based on agriculture and forestry, which provide the main livelihood for more than 60% of the population. Agriculture consists...
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    Bhutan national football team represents Bhutan in men's international football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Bhutan,...
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  • of Bhutanese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Bhutan and its predecessor states. History of Bhutan...
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    Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan and the Republic of India have been traditionally close and both countries share a "special relationship", making Bhutan a protected...
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  • The branches of the armed forces of Bhutan are the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA), Royal Bodyguards, and Royal Bhutan Police. Bhutan does not have an air force...
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