AD 627-649: King Songtsen Gampo ruled Tibet. Settlement of Tibetian origin people in Bhutan is believed to be started during this period.
AD 1620: First known Nepalese ethnic people arrived in Bhutan as craftsmen from Newar community.
Rule of Druck Gyalpo (Wnagchuk dynasty)===
AD 1907 Dec 17: Wangchck dynasty started their rule in Bhutan. Ugyen Wangchuck was coronated as the first Druck Gylpo (King) of Bhutan (until 1926).
AD 1926-1952: second Druck Gylpo (King) Jigme Wangchuck ruled.
AD 1930: According to British colonial official estimation about 60,000 people of Nepalese origin were living in Bhutan at that time (which was about half of the population)
AD 1952-1972: Third druck Gylpo Jigme Dorjee Wangchuck ruled Bhutan.
AD 1958: Bhutanese citizenship act implemented. amended in 1977.
Rule of Jigme Syange (the 4th King)
AD 1972: Jigme Syange Wangchuck became 4th king of Bhutan. He implemented all possible ways for ethnic cleansing of Nepalese minority.
AD 1975: Sikkim, a Kingdom between Nepal and Bhutan, where rulling Royal house was Tibetian origin but Majority of people were Nepalese origin was annexed by India.
AD 1988: First census of Bhutan was conducted.
AD 1989 Nov: Prominent Bhutanese Nepalese leader Tek Nath Rijal was abducted in eastern Nepal by Bhutanese police, then braught to Bhutan and sentenced to life imprisenment in 1993 for treason.
AD 1996 Number of ethnic Nepalese who forcibly evicted by Bhutanese military exceed 1,00,000.
AD 1998: Bhutanese Nepali leader Tek Nath Rijal was granted pardon who then left for Nepal.
1998 July 20: Jigme Thinley appointed as Prime Minister of Bhutan. This post was abolished since 1964 (for 34 years).
AD 2000: After years of discussion Bhutan agreed on paper for the voluntary return of its people.
AD 2001 March: Joint verification of refugees by Nepal and Bhutan started.
AD 2003: Bhutanese verification team returned without doing job showing security reasons.
Rule of Jigme Khesar (the 5th King)
AD 2006: Nepal born Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchc became 5th Druck Gyalpo (King) of Bhutan as his father abducted in his favor.
AD 2008 March 24: National Assembly election held in Bhutan for the first time. DPT won 45 among 47 seats.
2008 July 18: Constitution of Bhutan was promulgated. It defines Kingdom as a "constitutional monarchy". But in practice main ideology both of the parties in the house is "Royalism".
AD 2008: IOM and UNHCR jointly started resettlement of Bhutanese refugees to Third countries.
2013 May 31, July 13: Second general election held. Opposition party PDP won 32 out of 47 seats.
AD 2015 Nov: It was announced that over 1,00,000 refugees were already resettled in third countries among which over 80,000 were taken by US alone.
AD 1620: First known Nepalese ethnic people arrived in Bhutan as craftsmen from Newar community.
Rule of Druck Gyalpo (Wnagchuk dynasty)===
AD 1907 Dec 17: Wangchck dynasty started their rule in Bhutan. Ugyen Wangchuck was coronated as the first Druck Gylpo (King) of Bhutan (until 1926).
AD 1926-1952: second Druck Gylpo (King) Jigme Wangchuck ruled.
AD 1930: According to British colonial official estimation about 60,000 people of Nepalese origin were living in Bhutan at that time (which was about half of the population)
AD 1952-1972: Third druck Gylpo Jigme Dorjee Wangchuck ruled Bhutan.
AD 1958: Bhutanese citizenship act implemented. amended in 1977.
Rule of Jigme Syange (the 4th King)
AD 1972: Jigme Syange Wangchuck became 4th king of Bhutan. He implemented all possible ways for ethnic cleansing of Nepalese minority.
AD 1975: Sikkim, a Kingdom between Nepal and Bhutan, where rulling Royal house was Tibetian origin but Majority of people were Nepalese origin was annexed by India.
AD 1988: First census of Bhutan was conducted.
AD 1989 Nov: Prominent Bhutanese Nepalese leader Tek Nath Rijal was abducted in eastern Nepal by Bhutanese police, then braught to Bhutan and sentenced to life imprisenment in 1993 for treason.
AD 1996 Number of ethnic Nepalese who forcibly evicted by Bhutanese military exceed 1,00,000.
AD 1998: Bhutanese Nepali leader Tek Nath Rijal was granted pardon who then left for Nepal.
1998 July 20: Jigme Thinley appointed as Prime Minister of Bhutan. This post was abolished since 1964 (for 34 years).
AD 2000: After years of discussion Bhutan agreed on paper for the voluntary return of its people.
AD 2001 March: Joint verification of refugees by Nepal and Bhutan started.
AD 2003: Bhutanese verification team returned without doing job showing security reasons.
Rule of Jigme Khesar (the 5th King)
AD 2006: Nepal born Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchc became 5th Druck Gyalpo (King) of Bhutan as his father abducted in his favor.
AD 2008 March 24: National Assembly election held in Bhutan for the first time. DPT won 45 among 47 seats.
2008 July 18: Constitution of Bhutan was promulgated. It defines Kingdom as a "constitutional monarchy". But in practice main ideology both of the parties in the house is "Royalism".
AD 2008: IOM and UNHCR jointly started resettlement of Bhutanese refugees to Third countries.
2013 May 31, July 13: Second general election held. Opposition party PDP won 32 out of 47 seats.
AD 2015 Nov: It was announced that over 1,00,000 refugees were already resettled in third countries among which over 80,000 were taken by US alone.
