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Jigme Wangchuck

1905 - 1952

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Jigme Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག, Wylie: ’jigs med dbang phyug; 1905 – 30 March 1952) was the 2nd Druk Gyalpo or king of Bhutan from 26 August 1926, until his death. He pursued legal and infrastructural reform during his reign. Bhutan continued to maintain almost complete isolation from the outside world during this period; its only foreign relations were with the British Raj in India, which they were referred as a protected state, similar to Sikkim. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jigme Wangchuck has received more than 319,022 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Jigme Wangchuck is the 5,996th most popular politician (down from 5,086th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Bhutan (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Bhutanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jigme Wangchuck ranks 5,996 out of 15,577. Before him are Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Eiríkr Hákonarson, George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, Neferkare Khendu, François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, and Neferneferure. After him are Magnus, Duke of Saxony, Josef Bühler, Khaled Mashal, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Arnold of Torroja, and Motilal Nehru.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Jigme Wangchuck ranks 78. Before him are Eugen Fink, Gareth Jones, André Jolivet, Clara Bow, George Kelly, and Mikio Naruse. After him are Angelo Schiavio, Takeo Fukuda, Pedro Petrone, Karl Guthe Jansky, Ludwig Fischer, and Paul Nizan. Among people deceased in 1952, Jigme Wangchuck ranks 42. Before him are Clark L. Hull, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, John Langenus, Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Otto Dietrich, and Pedro Lascuráin. After him are Kurt Schumacher, William Fox, Michael Rostovtzeff, Efim Bogoljubov, Luigi Fagioli, and Hans Kramers.

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In Bhutan

Among people born in Bhutan, Jigme Wangchuck ranks 4 out of 14. Before him are Ugyen Wangchuck (1862), Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929), and Jigme Singye Wangchuck (1955). After him are Jigme Thinley (1952), Lotay Tshering (1969), Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (1961), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Sangay Ngedup (1953), Jetsun Pema (1990), Khandu Wangchuk (1950), and Wangay Dorji (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bhutan

Among politicians born in Bhutan, Jigme Wangchuck ranks 4. Before him are Ugyen Wangchuck (1862), Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929), and Jigme Singye Wangchuck (1955). After him are Jigme Thinley (1952), Lotay Tshering (1969), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Sangay Ngedup (1953), and Khandu Wangchuk (1950).

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