National Day in Bhutan
National Day in Bhutan is held on December 17. Celebrates its National Day on 17 December, in commemoration of the day in 1907 when Gongsar Wangchuk was crowned the first king over a united Bhutan. This event in the second decade of the month December is annual. 
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The national symbols of Bhutan are established by both law and tradition. Of all, the national flag, emblem and the anthem are modern with the mythical Druk thunder featured. The others have traditional Buddhist mythology behind them which are believed to be much older than the kingdom itself.
Natural symbols of Bhutan are its national flower, the Himalayan blue poppy; its national tree, the Himalayan cypress; its national bird, the raven; and its national animal, the takin.
Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck (11 June 1862 – 26 August 1926) was the first Druk Gyalpo (King) of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926. In his lifetime, he made efforts to unite the fledgling country and gain the trust of the people.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck in Bhutan on November 11 (also Consitution Day);
Nyinlong in Bhutan on January 2 (or Winter Solstice. Dzongkha: ཉིན་ལོང་, Wylie: nyin long "return of the sun");
Traditional Day of Offerings in Bhutan on January 30 (celebrated on the first day of the twelfth month of the Bhutanese calendar. In eastern Bhutan, the first day of the 12th Bhutanese month is celebrated as a New Year);
King's Birthday in Bhutan on February 21 (Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk was born on February 21, 1980);
Birth Anniversary of Fifth Druk Gyalpo in Bhutan on February 21 (celebrated until February 23);
Losar, Tibetan New Year on February 28
Death Anniversary of Zhabdrung on April 18 (Zhabdrung Kuchoe, the death anniversary of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel, is a day in Bhutan to pay homage to the Bhutanese leader who first united Bhutan as a nation state. This important day is annually marked on the 10th day of the 3rd month of the Bhutanese calendar)