Wangchuk Namgyal

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{{Infobox royalty

|name = Tobgyal Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal

|image=250px

|caption= Wangchuk Namgyal (right)

|succession = Head of the Royal House of Sikkim

|reign = 29 January 1982 – present

|reign-type = Tenure

|predecessor = Palden Thondup Namgyal

|successor =

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|4|1|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Gangtok, Kingdom of Sikkim

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|house = Namgyal

|house-type = Dynasty

|father = Palden Thondup Namgyal

|mother = Samyo Kushoe Sangideki

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|religion = Buddhism

}}

Chogyal Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal (Sikkimese: {{bo-textonly|སྟོབས་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་}}; Wylie: stobs-rgyal dbang-phyug bstan-'dzin rnam-rgyal; born 1 April 1953) is an Indian former prince who is the second son of Palden Thondup Namgyal, the last sovereign king of Sikkim. Educated at Harrow, he is also the present heir of the Namgyal dynasty and pretender to the throne of Sikkim.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19820315-annexation-of-sikkim-by-india-was-not-legal-wangchuk-namgyal-771600-2013-10-19|title=India has a lot to gain by Sikkimese independence: Wangchuk Namgyal|first=Madhu |last=Trehan|website=India Today}}

On February 19, 1982, following the death of his father, he was crowned at Tsuklakhang Palace. The Government of India did not recognize this coronation,{{Cite web |date=2017-04-23 |title=From monarch to monk: Scion of Sikkim dynasty who became a spiritual recluse |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/from-monarch-to-monk-scion-of-sikkim-dynasty-who-became-a-spiritual-recluse/story-S7KTrhIxzuN33QdtJhhb4K.html |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}} though the 3rd Chief Minister of Sikkim, B. B. Gurung, recognized him as the 13th Chogyal.{{Cite web |last=Dhungel |first=Pankaj |date=2022-03-30 |title=BB Gooroong, the CM who recognised Wangchuk Namgyal as 13th Chogyal |url=http://www.eastmojo.com/news/2022/03/30/bb-gooroong-the-cm-who-recognised-wangchuk-namgyal-as-13th-chogyal/ |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=EastMojo |language=en-US}} Namgyal subsequently became a monastic recluse. On May 22, 2023, he joined the grand celebration of the last Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal's 100th birth anniversary in Gangtok.{{Cite web|date=2023-05-22|title=Sikkim: Grand celebration of Late Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal's 100th birth anniversary concludes in Gangtok|url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/sikkim/story/sikkim-grand-celebration-of-late-chogyal-palden-thondup-namgyals-100th-birth-anniversary-concludes-in-gangtok-562152-2023-05-22|access-date=2023-08-02|website=India Today NE|language=en-India}}