A Political Economic Analysis of Indo•Bhutan Trade during the Reign of Ugyen Wangchuk ( r. 1907-26), the First Hereditary Monarch of Bhutan · - A THESIS IN COMMERCE SUBMITIED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ' DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY By Under the Supervision of Dr. lndrajit Ray DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL DARJEELING, WEST BENGAL .. INDIA} '' 2008~ '"1 "\> , I •' ' STOCKT/U(ING.,201i! ~t~ ... 68~.0~5~65~,58 6 ~'45'r 21fj5!J8 11 JUN 2009 ,[) P. 0. NORTH BENGAL UNIVERSITY ~~O"i!T"l· . Z'~Z-. 'J~jit ~~- M. A. (Econ.), Ph. D. Reader RAJA RAMMOHUNPUR, DIST. DARJEELING, WEST BENGAL, INDIA, PIN- 734430. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PHONE: (0353) 2581 474(0) UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL · (0353) 2581 851(R) e-mail -
[email protected] Certificate of Supervisor This is to certify that the work presented in the thesis entitled 'A Political Economic Analysis of Indo-Bhutan Trade duri11g the reign of Ugyen Wangclzuk (r. 1907- 26), the First hereditary monarch of Bhutan' is the original work of Srnt. · Rah1a Sarkar, M.A. (Economics), under my supervision at the Department of Commerce, North Bengal University. The results incorporated in the thesis have not been submitted for any other degree elsewhere. Further, I certify that Smt. Ratna Sarkar has followed the rules and regulation laid down by the University in carrying out the research . ~3;1--0~ (Dr. Indrajit Ray) Reader . Dept. of Commerce 'University of North Bengal CONTENTS Page Acknowledgement ........ : .. ... .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. 1 - 11 Map ofBhutan ................................................. -·..... 111 Chapter 1: Introduction . 1-13 Chapter 2: Political Scenario in Bhutan .......