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GOSA UGYEN WANGCHUCK

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 DOSA UGYEN WANGCHUCK Ugyen Wangchuck, then 12th  Trongsa Penlop , joined the  Younghusband Expedition  to  Tibet  in 1904, as a mediator between  Britain  and Tibet. His next official visit abroad took place in 1906 when he travelled to Kolkata to meet the  Prince of Wales . Penlop Ugyen Wangchuck was not yet formally the King, but the role he took clearly suggests that he was indeed the ruler for all practical purpose for many years before he was crowned King in 1907. King Ugyen Wangchuck's last visit to India took place in 1911, when he went to  Delhi  to meet King  George V  (1865–1936), who was the Prince of Wales when they met earlier in 1906 in Kolkata, the seat of Viceroy of India. The British Political Officer for Bhutan was Sir  John Claude White  until 1908 when he was succeeded by  Charles Alfred Bell  (1870–1945). John Claude White developed a deep respect for King Ugyen Wang...

RONALDO

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 RONALDO February 1985) is a Portuguese professional  footballer  who plays as a  forward  for and  captains  both  Saudi Pro League  club  Al Nassr  and the  Portugal national team . Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo has won five  Ballon d'Or  awards, [note 3]  a record three  UEFA Men's Player of the Year Awards , and four  European Golden Shoes , the most by a European player. He has won  33 trophies in his career , including seven league titles, five  UEFA Champions Leagues , the  UEFA European Championship  and the  UEFA Nations League . Ronaldo holds the records for most  appearances  (183),  goals  (140) and  assists  (42) in the Champions League,  goals in the European Championship  (14),  international goals  (128) and  international appearances  (206). He is one of the few pla...

PEMA LINGPA

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 PEMA LINGPA Pema Lingpa was born in Chel presently called Baribrang in Tang valley of Bumthang, part of the central     Bhutanese region of  Bumthang  known as the “Wheel of Dharma.” His father was  Lama  Döndrup Zangpo of the Nyö clan, and his mother, Drogmo Pema Drolma, was bestowed with all the signs of a  dakini . Their son was born among many miraculous signs. As an incarnation of the Omniscient One Drimé Ozer (Longchenpa), Pema Lingpa was extraordinary even as a child. He learned everything from reading and writing to ironwork and carpentry without receiving any instruction. On the tenth day of the first month of autumn in a Monkey Year,  Padmasambhava  appeared before Pema Lingpa at the holy site of Yigé Drukma, blessed him, and placed in his hands an inventory of one hundred and eight major  termas  to be revealed. However, due to the karmic disposition of beings at that time, during his lifetime Pema Lingpa ...

MESSI

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 MESSI   Messi started playing football as a boy and in 1995 joined the  youth  team of Newell’s Old Boys (a Rosario-based top-division football club). Messi’s phenomenal skills garnered the attention of prestigious clubs on both sides of the Atlantic. At age 13 Messi and his family relocated to Barcelona, and he began playing for  FC Barcelona ’s under-14 team. He scored 21 goals in 14 games for the junior team, and he quickly graduated through the higher-level teams until at age 16 he was given his informal debut with FC Barcelona in a friendly match. In the 2004–05 season Messi, then 17, became the youngest official player and goal scorer in the Spanish La Liga (the country’s highest division of football). Though only 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 metres) tall and weighing 148 pounds (67 kg), he was strong, well-balanced, and  versatile  on the field. Naturally left-footed, quick, and precise in control of the ball, Messi was a keen pass distributor and coul...

DESI JIGME NAMGYEL

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 DESI JIGME NAMGYEL Jigme Namgyal  was born in the year 1825 from the nobility of Dungkhar Choeje of Dungkhar village in Kurtoe in Lhuntshi. He was born from  Pila Goenpo Wangyal  (The younger brother of the famous  Dungkhar Brothers ) and Sonam Dolma (Sonam Pelzom?). Although his father  Pila  originates from the descendants of Pema Lingpa, his mother was said to belong to a serf family from the village of Jangsa in Kurtoe, Lhuntsi. He was the second youngest son among the three sons (other sons were Gyaltshen and Dorji) of Pila. Jigme Namgyal left his ancestral home in Dungkhar at the very early age. It is said that Jigme Namgyal was frequented with the dreams at night to travel towards western part (i.e. Bumthang from Kurtoe) of Bhutan. He believed that the dream was a divine prophecy where his future would be found in the western part of Bhutan. At the very young age of 15 (approximately, in the year 1840), he left his ancestral village to pursue h...