{"slug": "bhutan", "label": "Bhutan", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917", "qid": "Q917", "description": "sovereign state in South Asia", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [746, 2008], "span_label": ["746 CE", "2008 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "tibet", "label": "Tibet", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "buddhist", "label": "Buddhist", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 746, "year_label": "746 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Guru Rinpoche, Indian Buddhist, travels to Bhutan (eastern end of the Himalayas), to cure the king of Bumthang (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809747#Religion", "title": "746", "revid": 1340809747, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Ngawang Namgyal arrives in Bhutan, having escaped Tibet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366307823#Date_unknown", "title": "1616", "revid": 1366307823, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1865, "year_label": "1865 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 – Duar War between Britain and Bhutan ends with the Treaty of Sinchula, in which Bhutan cedes control of its southern passes to Britain in return for an annual subsidy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361545898#November", "title": "1865", "revid": 1361545898, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1907, "year_label": "1907 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 17", "text": "December 17 – Ugyen Wangchuck becomes the first Druk Gyalpo (king of Bhutan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373349351#December", "title": "1907", "revid": 1373349351, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1910, "year_label": "1910 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – Treaty of Punakha: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan becomes a protectorate of the British Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373495790#January", "title": "1910", "revid": 1373495790, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1949, "year_label": "1949 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – Bhutan signs a Treaty of Friendship with newly independent India, agreeing non-interference in internal affairs, but allowing India to \"guide\" its foreign policy (similar to the previous arrangements with the British administration in India).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370167995#August", "title": "1949", "revid": 1370167995, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – Jigme Singye Wangchuck succeeds his father Jigme Dorji Wangchuck as King of Bhutan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371514417#July", "title": "1972", "revid": 1371514417, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 2", "text": "June 2 – The King of Bhutan allows television transmissions to commence in the Kingdom for the first time, coinciding with the King's Silver Jubilee.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#June", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2008, "year_label": "2008 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 24", "text": "March 24 – Bhutan holds its first-ever general elections following the adoption of a new Constitution which changed the country from an absolute monarchy to a multiparty democracy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372634791#March", "title": "2008", "revid": 1372634791, "section": "Events › March"}}]}