Timeline
- 1907 - Wangchuck Dynasty established under British suzerainty
- 1947 - India assumes responsibility for Bhutan's foreign affairs
- 1947-1950 - Influx of Lhotshampa (ethnic Nepalese) from India
- 1952 - Country's first legislature established – a 130-member National Assembly
- 1952 - Lhotshampa expatriates form the Bhutan State Congress in India and elsewhere
- ?? - High court is created and judicial system reorganized
- 1958 - King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck abolishes feudalism and slavery
- 1958 - First Citizenship Act enacted
- 1963 - Royal Advisory Council created
- 1972 - King Jigme Singye Wangchuck assumes power and introduces the concept of Gross National Happiness
- 1985 - Second Citizenship Act enacted
- 1989 - Driglam namzha is made mandatory; Dzongkha enforced as official language, and the use of other languages on government properties banned.
- 2005 - King Jigme Singye Wangchuck announces his intent to abdicate
- 2007 - Mock election conducted
- 2008 - First National Council and National Assembly elections; first modern Constitution ratified
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