Bhutan

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Bhutan is nestled between two giants of South Asia, India and China. They are economically largest and militarily mightiest in the south Asia. They're bigger in terms of everything; country size, population, ethnic diversity, etc. Bhutan is small in size, population is less than seven lakhs, and economically small. Having said that, Bhutan is special in many ways and history proves that. Bhutan was never conquered by any countries during the colonial war and remained sovereign country from the times of infighting Chieftains, Penlops " Dzongkha term roughly translated as governor" and many more people who was powerful in their own region. But, when it came to the issue of the security of the country, they kept aside their enmities and fought tooth and nail as brothers to protect our country. It is solely because of their sacrifices and under the protection of guardian deities that we continue to live in peace. It was long ago that Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel took refuge in Bhutan and emerge victorious against his internal insurgents and external enemies. He built many Dzongs "Fortresses" to function as defensive fortresses. It also served as the religious, military, administrative, and social centers. Now it is only used as the religious and administrative center. After the death of Zhabdrung, and dysfunctional dual system of government collapsed amid the civil war, the provincial lords 'Dzongpons and Penlops" gained power. However, Trongsa Penlop Jigme Namgyel overpowered other regional lords and reunified Bhutan.  in 1907, Sir Ugyen Wangchuk the son of Penlop Jigme Namgyel was elected as the hereditary king of Bhutan. Since then, peace returned to the land of the thunder dragon and gradually, development and modernization was introduced by the visionary kings of Bhutan. Further, the Third King of Bhutan introduced modernization and democratization process amid increasing internal and external political complexity. In 2008, Bhutan held its first general election between Druk Phunsum Tshogpa and People's Democratic Party. DPT won the first general election with 45 seats and PDP could manage only 2 seats in the National Assembly. DPT elected Jigme Y Thinley as the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Bhutan. It was the Fourth King of Bhutan who saw and planned many of the political and legal reforms that have shaped the constitutional monarchy and democracy in Bhutan. 

This is just a brief history of Bhutan and most of the history axis around political transition in Bhutan. I hope I can contribute more histories in the later time that has remained obscure and mythical. 

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