Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista (

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: འཇིག་མེད་རྡོ་རྗེ་དཔལ་འབར།, Nepali: जिग्मे दोर्जे पलवर विष्ट; 1930– 16 December 2016) was the unofficial King of Mustang (

: ''Lo Gyalpo'', Nepalese: ''Mustang Rājā'') between 1964 and 2008, until Monarchy, Semi-Monarchy, Vassals and Titular Kingship were abolished in

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. He was descendant in 25th generation of King A-ma-dpal bist (1440–1447), who was founder of the Kingdom of Lo. King Amadpal Bista is from the direct lineage of the greatest king of Tibet,

Songtsen Gampo Songtsen Gampo (; 569–649? 650), also Songzan Ganbu (), was the 33rd Tibetan king and founder of the Tibetan Empire, and is traditionally credited with the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet, influenced by his Nepali consort Bhrikuti, of Nepa ...

Biography

Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista was born in Lo-Manthang Palace in

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in the Himalayan Range of

. He was the third son of Colonel H.H. ''Sri Sri Sri Raja'' Angun Tenzing Trandul, King of Mustang, by his wife, Kelsang Choeden. He was educated privately at

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. He was appointed as the Heir Apparent recognised by the Nepal Government in 1959 A.D. He succeeded as the Head of the Royal House of Lo and to the title of ''Lo Gyalpo'' and King of Mustang upon the death of his father H.H. ''Sri Sri Sri Raja'' Angun Tenzing Trandul in 1964 A.D and elder brother "H.H. Raja" Angun Palbar in 1968 A.D. Bista is the title given by

King of Nepal The King of Nepal (traditionally known as the Mahārājdhirāja i.e. Great King of Kings; it can also be translated as "Sovereign Emperor" ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजधिराज)) was Nepal's head of state and monarch from 1768 ...

which means Distinguished Baron in the

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and not the Nepali family name Bista. He was a member of the Raj Sabha between (1964–1990) and a Lieutenant Colonel of

Nepalese Army The Nepali Army ( ne, नेपाली सेना, translit=Nēpālī Sēnā), technically the Gorkhali Army ( ne, गोरखाली सेना, translit=Gōrakhālī Sēnā, label=none; see ''Gorkhas''), is the land service branch ...

(1964).

He married a noble lady from

, ''H.H. Rani Sahiba'' Sidol Palbar Bista in the 1950s.Presence and Absence: Mourning a Himalayan King
/ref> He had one son, Angun Tenzin, who died at the age of 8, and he later adopted his nephew, Jigme Singhe Palbar Bista (b. 1957).

Honours

King Birendra Coronation Medal (24 February 1975). * King Gyanendra Investiture Medal 2001

King Gyanendra Coronation Medal (4 June 2001).

Ancestry

Bibliography

* Paul Raffaele, ''Il re del Mustang'', , pp. 205–220, fbe edizioni, Trezzano sul Naviglio 2003.

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