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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Bhutan Timelines

1885 – Battle of Changlimithang
1905-6 – The KCIE & Visit to India
1910 – Treaty of Punakha signed
1927 – Second King Crowned
1949 – Indo-Bhutanese Friendship Treaty
1953 – Establishment of Tshogdu
1958 – Pandit Nehru in Bhutan
1965 – Lodroe Tshogde Established
1971 – Bhutan joins the UN
1973 – Bhutan joins NAM
1981 – DYT formed
1986 – Chhukha Hydropower Project Commissioned
1998 – Devolution of Power
2003 – Militants flushed out of Bhutanese soil
2006 – Tala Project commissioned
2007 – Indo-Bhutanese treaty, 1949, revised
1904 – Younghusband mission to Tibet
1907 – Crowning of the 1st king
1914 – Introduction of Modern Education
1927 – Administrative and tax reforms
1952 - Third King Crowned
1958 – Serfs Freed
1961 – First Five-Year Plan launched
1968 – Cementing friendship with India
1972 – World’s Youngest King
1979 – Gross National Happiness
1985 – Bhutan Becomes Founding Member of SAARC
1991 – GYT – Decentralization Gathers Momentum
2001 – Drafting of Constitution begins
2005 – 4th King Announces Decision to Abdicate Throne
2006 – Dawn of a New Era
2007 – Formation of political parties
2008 -  Democratic Election
2011 -Royal Wedding


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