Coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck in Bhutan
Coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck in Bhutan is held on June 2. This event in the first decade of the month June is annual. 
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In his Coronation Address on 2 June 1974, Jigme Singye stressed the need "to attain self-reliance and preserve Bhutan’s sovereignty and independence." He also stressed that any development undertaking should be a genuine collaboration between the people and the government.
During the 1970s, immediate aims for rural households unfolded in terms of intensive valley projects, cash crops cultivation, especially potatoes – irrigation, and resettlement. Enhancing the income and livelihood of the rural people were the main focus of the 3rd and 4th FYPs. Soon after he acceded to the throne, Jigme Singye launched the Trashigang and Tsirang Intensive Valley Development Projects in 1972. These projects were part of a larger vision of food self-sufficiency and income generation.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Buddha's Parinirvana in Bhutan on May 12 (is a Buddhist festival that marks the death of the Buddha and his achievement of Nirvana);
Social Forestry Day in Bhutan on June 2 (also coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck);
Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche in Bhutan on June 6 (is on the 10th day of the 5th lunar month);
Buddha's First Sermon in Bhutan on June 29 (The day is celebrated according to the Buddhist Calendar, on the fourth day of the sixth month);
Bhutan Independence Day on August 8 (from India, since 1949);
Blessed Rainy Day in Bhutan on September 23 (a holiday marks the end of the monsoon season in the country. On this day, all natural water resources in the state are considered sanctified);
Dashain on September 23 (is celebrated by the Buddhist, Hindus and Kirats of Nepal and the ethnic Nepali speaking Indian Gorkhas of Darjeeling hills, Sikkim, Dehradun, Kumaun & Gadwal and other North-Eastern states of India and among the Lhotshampa of Bhutan and the Burmese Gurkhas of Myanmar)