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Bhutan

Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...

Timeline of Events

1865

11.11.1865

Treaty of Sinchula is signed by which Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.

1907

12.17.1907

Ugyen Wangchuck was crowned first King of Bhutan

1949

8.8.1949

Bhutan becomes independent.

1971

9.21.1971

Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.

2005

12.17.2005

Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicate the throne as King of Bhutan.

2008

3.24.2008

Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.