Rajas of Sikkim

The Namgyal Rajas of Sikkim

Name	Succeeds	Born	Reign	Died	Notes
1) Phuntsog			1642-1670	1670
2) Tensung	father		1670-1700	1700	son of second wife
3) Chakdor	father		1700-1717	1717
4) Gyurmed	father		1717-1733	1733
5) Phunstok II	father		1733-1780	1780
6) Tenzing	father		1780-1793	1793
7) Tshudpud	father		1793-1863	1863	gained independence from Nepal
8) Sedkeong	father		1863-1874	1874
9) Thutob	half-brother	1860	1874-1914	1914	fifth son
10) Sedkeong Tukul	father	1879	1914	1914	reigned from February 10 to December 5; d.s.p.; died of heart failure after a chill.
11) Tashi	half-brother	10/26/1893	1914-1963	1963	crowned by 13th Dalai Lama
12) Palden Thondup	father	5/22/1923	1963-1982	1982
13) Wangchuk	father	4/1/1953	1982-		second son; son of first wife