On the road to destiny
The tradition-bound Himalayan kingdom readies itself to brace modernism
In 1958, when the then Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, went to Bhutan on a state visit, the only way he could reach the capital Thimpu was over land. He demanded to be met at the Indo-Bhutan border by someone equal or of a higher rank. The king or prime minister. Bhutan had no prime minister; and for the then king, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, travelling 200 km from the capital to the border town Phuentsoling was unthinkable
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urbanisation
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[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industry
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[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sustainable-development
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
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