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Title: 'That he May Take Due Pride in the Empire to Which He Belongs': The Education of Maharajah Kumar Sidkeon Namgyal Tulku of Sikkim
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Alex McKay
One Sentence Summary: This article traces the life and education of the Crown Prince (Kumar) of Sikkim, Sidkeon Namgyal.

Description: This article traces the life and education of the Crown Prince (Kumar) of Sikkim, Sidkeon Namgyal. He grew up at a turbulent time, with Sikkim coming under increasing control of the British. The article draws mainly on British colonial sources and covers Sidkeon Namgyal's study in Britain, as well as his travels through North America, Japan, and China. It highlights the attempts by the colonial government to mold the young Crown Prince into a useful officer of the British Empire. (Ben Deitle 2006-02-13)

Publisher Place: Gangtok, Sikkim
Publisher: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology
Normalized publisher place: Gangtok, Sikkim
Publisher country: India
Publisher URL: http://www.tibetology.com/
Published Date: 2003-11
URL: http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/bot/bot_2003_02_02.pdf
Subject: Sidkeon Namgyal Tulku, Maharaja Kumar of Sikkim, 1879-1914
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- Journals Focused on Regions -- Tibet -- Bulletin of Tibetology -- 2003, vol. 39, no. 2
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- Journals Focused on Regions -- Sikkim -- Bulletin of Tibetology -- Vol. 39, no. 2 (2003)
Cultural Coverage: Sikkim
Temporal coverage: 19th century CE
20th century CE
Language: English
Source URL: www.tibetology.com/asp/Publications.htm
Source: Bulletin of Tibetology
Source Editor: Anna Balikci-Denjongpa
Source Type: Journal
Source Volume: 39
Source Number: 2
Source Page Numbers: 27-52
Frequency of publication: Semi-annually
ISBN/ISSN: 5251516

Means of availability: Articles are available in PDF format online within the Tibetan & Himalayan Library's bibliographic database.

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Resource Type: Article
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Date Of Record Creation: 2005-12-21 17:56:52
Date Record Checked: 2006-02-13
Date Last Modified: 2006-02-21 16:47:16
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