title: Tenzing Namgyal
text: # Tenzing Namgyal
  
  Tenzing Namgyal (Sikkimese: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: bstan 'dzin rnam rgyal) was the sixth Chogyal (king) of Sikkim. He succeeded Phuntsog Namgyal II in 1780 and was succeeded himself by Tsugphud Namgyal in 1793.
  
  During his reign Chogyal fled to Tibet, and later died there in exile.
  
  