Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista
Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista (Tibetan: འཇིག་མེད་རྡོ་རྗེ་དཔལ་འབར།, Nepali: जिग्मे दोर्जे पलवर विष्ट; 1930– 16 December 2016) was the unofficial King of Mustang (Tibetan: Lo Gyalpo, Nepalese: Mustang Rājā) between 1964 and 2008, until Monarchy, Semi-Monarchy, Vassals and Titular Kingship were abolished in Nepal. He was descendant in 25th generation of King A-ma-dpal bist (1440–1447), who was founder of the Lo (Lo-Manthang) dynasty. King Amadpal Bista is from the direct lineage of the greatest king of Tibet, Songtsen Gampo.[1]
| Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista འཇིག་མེད་རྡོ་རྗེ་དཔལ་འབར། | |||||
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| The Rt. Hon. Sri Sri Sri Raja | |||||
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| Reign | 1964–2008 | ||||
| Predecessor | Sri Sri Sri Raja Angun Tenzing Trandul Bista | ||||
| Successor | Monarchy Abolished | ||||
| Born | 1930 Lo Manthang, Mustang district, Nepal | ||||
| Died | (aged 86) Kathmandu, Nepal | ||||
| Spouse | Rani Sahiba Sidol Palbar Bista | ||||
| Issue | Angun Tenzing (died young) | ||||
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| House | Lo | ||||
| Father | Sri Sri Sri Raja Angun Tenzing Trandul Bista | ||||
| Mother | Rani Kelsang Choeden | ||||
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism | ||||
Biography
Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista was born in Lo-Manthang Palace in Upper Mustang in the Himalayan Range of Nepal. He was the third son of Colonel H.H. Sri Sri Sri Raja Angun Tenzing Trandul, King of Mustang, by his wife, Kelsang Choeden. He was educated privately at Shigatse, Tibet. He was appointed as the Heir Apparent recognised by the Nepal Government in 1959 A.D. He succeeded as the Head of the Royal House of Lo and to the title of Lo Gyalpo and King of Mustang upon the death of his father in 1964 A.D and elder brother in 1968 A.D. Bista is the title given by King of Nepal which means Distinguished Baron in the Nepali language and not the Nepali family name Bista. He was a member of the Raj Sabha between (1964–1990) and a Lieutenant Colonel of Nepalese Army (1964).
He married a noble lady from Shigatse, Tibet, H.H. Rani Sahiba Sidol Palbar Bista in the 1950s.[2] He had one son, Angun Tenzin, who died at the age of 8, and he later adopted his nephew, Zingme Singhe Palbar Bista (b. 1957).
Heir
The last heir to the kingdom is his nephew whom resides in the United States, the grandson of Lo Gyalpo. The royal family owns a hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is married to a Bhutanese princess and they issue two children, a daughter and a son. They are believed to be residing in San Francisco. The last unofficial crown prince has no interest in taking over the kingdom
Honours
King Birendra Coronation Medal (24 February 1975).
King Gyanendra Coronation Medal (4 June 2001).
Ancestry
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See also
Bibliography
- Paul Raffaele, Il re del Mustang, <Le ultime tribù sulla Terra>, pp. 205–220, fbe edizioni, Trezzano sul Naviglio 2003.
References
- Raffaele, p. 205
- Presence and Absence: Mourning a Himalayan King
