Events in Bhutanese History
- 1865-11-11 Treaty of Sinchula is signed in which Bhutan ceded the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
- 1907-12-17 Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan
- 1946-08-08 India agrees to give Bhutan 32 sq miles
- 1949-08-08 Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy
- 1955-01-01 Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps
- 1972-07-24 Jigme Singye Wangchuk becomes King of Bhutan at 16
- 1999-06-02 The Bhutan Broadcasting Service brings television transmissions to the Kingdom for the first time
- 2008-03-24 Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
- 2015-06-02 100 volunteers in Bhutan set a world record for tree planting - 49,672 in 1 hour
Famous People from Bhutan
- 1955-11-11 Jigme Singye Wangchuk, King of Bhutan (1972-2006), born in Thimphu, Bhutan