title: Namgyal
text: # Namgyal
  
  Namgyal, a Tibetan deity, has been a personal name in several countries; see (inter alia):
  
  ## Literature
  
  * Dagpo Tashi Namgyal, a 16th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar of the Dagpo Kagyu lineage
  
  ## Politics
  
  * Namgyal dynasty, rulers in Sikkim
  * Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh, rulers in Ladakh
  * Palden Thondup Namgyal, last hereditary ruler of Sikkim, husband of Hope Cooke
  * Phuntsog Namgyal, first king of Sikkim
  * Ngawang Namgyal, founder of Bhutan
  * Tashi Namgyal, ruler of Sikkim from 1914 to 1963
  * Thutob Namgyal, who transferred Sikkim's capital to Gangtok in 1894
  * Tshudpud Namgyal, longest-reigning king of Sikkim (from 1793 to 1863); regained independence from Nepal in 1815
  
  ## Culture
  
  * Namgyal Institute of Tibetology
  * Namgyal Monastery, any of several Tibetan Buddhist institutions
  * Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies
  * Namgyal Lhamo, exponent of Tibetan singing
  * Tashi Namgyal Academy in Sikkim
  
  ## Sports
  
  * Namgyal Bhutia, Indian professional footballer
  
  ## Other
  
  * Namgyal Rinpoche, Karma Tenzin Dorje (1931-2003), born Leslie George Dawson, in Toronto, Canada
  