Jigme Dorji Wangchuck

Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
Birthdate:	May 02, 1929
Birthplace:	Thruepang Palace, ཀྲོང་གསར, Trongsa Dzongkhag, ཀྲོང་གསར་རྫོང་ཁག་, Bhutan
Death:	July 21, 1972 (43) Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya (Heart failure)
Immediate Family:	Son of Jigme Wangchuck and Phuntsho Choden Husband of Kesang Choden Partner of Yangki Father of Private; Private; Jigme Singye Wangchuck; Private; Private and 3 others; Private; Private and Private « less Half brother of Private; Private; Private and Private
Occupation:	King of Bhutan

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Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (Wylie: 'jigs med rdo rje dbang phyug; 2 May 1929 – 21 July 1972) was the Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan.

He began to open Bhutan to the outside world, began modernization, and took the first steps toward democratization.

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1929	May 2, 1929	Birth of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck Thruepang Palace, ཀྲོང་གསར, Trongsa Dzongkhag, ཀྲོང་གསར་རྫོང་ཁག་, Bhutan
1955	November 11, 1955	Birth of Jigme Singye Wangchuck City Hospital, काठमाडौं, काठमाडौं, मध्यमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र, Nepal
1972	July 21, 1972 Age 43	Death of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck