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The political events in the early 1900

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The brief account of external political event that threatened Bhutanese political security despite civil wars was: 1. The imperial expansion of Russian during the 19th century caused a threat to the expansion of the British trade in the Himalayan Kingdoms. Because of these imperial forces in Himalayas Bhutan’s trading activities were largely affected. Because of the British’s growing interest over the trade relation with Tibet, Curzon (British viceroy) decided to send the armed mission led by Younghusband in 1903. Thus, Curzon sought an assistance from Ugyen Wangchuck (Trongsa Poenlop of Bhutan) to act as a mediator to help develop relationship with the Dalai Lama. Thus, the mission was successful. King Ugyen Wangchuck and his entourage during Britsh Expedition to Tibet (Picture Courtesy:Unknown) In recognition of the service rendered by Trongsa Poenlop Ugyen Wangchuck. White recommended the following: a. Government of India should increase the subsidy from Rs.50000 to Rs.10
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The battle of changlimithang: The last struggle for Peace

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Changlimithang, the only national stadium in the country, shares all the historical and political importance. It was a battle ground then, and the assassination ground where Chabda Namgay Bahadur and his allies where shot publicly for murdering Lyonchen Jigme Palden Dorji in Phuntsholing. It is now the celebration ground (where many national celebrations were done), national football ground and has become the favorite place for sports enthusiasts. Changlimithang Today (Picture courtesy: Gettyimages) During assassination Of Chabda (Picture Courtesy: Nari Rustomji) Briefly, I will give the brief account on Battle of Changlimithang below. It was during the time of Trongsa Poenlop Ugyen Wangchuck, where he faced the rebellion of his two adopted brothers Alu Dorji(Thimphu Dzongpoen) and Phuntsho Dorji(Punaka Dzongpoen then). It was the last internal political struggle that the King Ugyen Wangchuck have to face. The battle also marked the end of internal fueds. The several
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DEMOCRACY

According to Cumming and Wise (1997) democracy is a word that comes from two Greek roots, demos, the populace, and Kratia, rule- taken together, “rule by the people.” The denotative meaning of the word democracy itself reveals the fact that, it is the form of government where the right to rule the country is fully bestowed upon the people of the nation. According to Ziomek (2013) democracy has become one of the dominant forms of government in the world today with the total of 123 out of 192 nations which he attributes the spread of it to multinational corporations, international institutions, societies capable of interacting with their governments. In the light of above line, Bhutan adopted the full system of democracy in 2008 despite earlier existence of democratization process since 1953, the system of government which was instituted not through people’s want but instituted as a mere gift from the golden throne. Sithey (2013) rightly quoted “Bhutan defies standard models of democrat
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Flaws in Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy is an official system where the bureaucrats control the smoothness in availing any public service through execution of numerous rules and processes. It leads to nepotism, favouritism  and corruption. Bhutan is a small country constituted by limited population, but flaws in bureaucracy is prevalent eveb in close-knit society like ours. Bureaucracy thus snatches people's confidence to avail the opportunity provided by any government organizations which involves long and complicated processes. The well off and reputed high-ranking officers can avail services without having followed the required procedures but the poor villagers have to undergo the whole procedures to avail the same service. Sample of incident... A poor villager from remote Bhutan sets to Thimphu for getting his land registered. He had to wait for weeks to meet the concerned officer. Depite the poor man going to the relevant office every week, it will take years to get it done. Bureaucrats they are much
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