Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo in Bhutan
Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo in Bhutan is held on May 2. This event in the first decade of the month May is annual. 
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Jigme Dorji Wangchuck was the 3rd Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan. He ruled Bhutan as the Third Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) for twenty years from March 1952 until his death at the age of 43 from a heart condition in July 1972.
He began to open Bhutan to the outside world, began modernization, and took the first step towards democratization.
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