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Jigme Wangchuck
Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan from 1926 to 1952
Not to be confused with Jigme Wangchuk.
Jigme Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག, Wylie: ’jigs med dbang phyug; 1905 – 30 March 1952) was the (Dzongkha འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་གཉིས་པ) 2nd Druk Gyalpoor 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, under which Bhutan was a protected state.
He was succeeded by his son, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.
Early life
Jigme Wangchuck was born in 1905, at the Thinley Rabten Palace in Wangdue Phodrang District. He received his education at Wangduechhoeling Palace, where he learned English and Hindi and received a religious education.[3] As the first son of Ugyen Wangchuck, Jigme was expected to succeed his father; accordingly, he was given the title Penl