A post from the archives
1910 - December 1914
room India
When a Burmese princess almost became the Queen of Sikkim
HH Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal was the chogyal, or king, of Sikkim. He and Princess Ma Lat, a Burmese princess, had planned to marry in Rangoon in February 1915 but he died just weeks before in mysterious circumstances.
Sikkim was then a protectorate of the British Indian Empire. It was a kingdom that had been ruled by the Namgyal family since 1642. The kings were called chogyal, meaning dhammaraja (or righteous king). The people of Sikkim were Buddhist and the Sikkimese language...
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The aim of this website is to promote interest in Myanmar's amazing history.Our hope is to challenge the often two-dimensional and uncritical views of history taught in Myanmar by reexamining key periods in the country's past. We would like as well to reveal the rich multicultural nature of Myanmar's history and its deep and ongoing ties to global events and trends.Finally, this website will also delve into the history of neighbouring regions, such as Yunnan in China and the Northeast in India, in the hope of introducing these places to a Myanmar audience.We believe that meeting Myanmar's many challenges today will require fresh imaginative thinking. This is turn will only be possible with a clear and critical understanding of Myanmar and global history.