Jigme Singye Wangchuck (born 11 November 1955) is the former king of Bhutan (Druk Gyalpo) from 1972 until his abdication in favor of his eldest son, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, in 2006.
During his reign, Wangchuk banished over 100,000 people of Nepalese descent from Bhutan—about 1/6th of Bhutan's population—in the name of preserving Bhutan's national identity. As of 2016, it was estimated that 18,000 of the evicted people were still living in refugee camps in Nepal, with over 100,000 resettled in other countries.
Read more...The November 11, 1955 was a Friday under the star sign of ♏. It was the 314 day of the year. President of the United States was Dwight D. Eisenhower.
If you were born on this day, you are 65 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 179 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, November 11, 2021, in 185 days. You have lived for 23,921 days, or about 574,117 hours, or about 34,447,052 minutes, or about 2,066,823,136 seconds.
Date: 12 November 1955
By SAM POPE BREWERSpecial to The New York Times
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scholarship fund at Columbia Journalism School estab by Class of '52
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Picture Press publisher Tirone sues rival Journal publisher J Y Dater, 2 aides and postmaster Russo; charges attempt to supress his wkly paper because he backed inds in recent election against Repub orgn candidates
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R F Elder says research must be made mare understandable to mgt
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Under Sec Morse pledges to make available to press more data on deliberations of advisory groups which aid Agr Dept in formulating policy. House subcom probe; defends certain curbs
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Date: 11 November 1955
By JANE NICKERSON
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