Bhutan 🇧🇹 presents itself as peace loving, progressive and happy country and yet it does not acknowledge its dark history. Some three decades ago, Bhutan
Created one of the biggest Refugees Crisis in the World when it exiled almost 1/6th of its population as illegal immigrant. Almost all of them were “The Lhotshampas”, the Southern Bhutanese, who were from Nepali Ethnicity. They had been living there for generations with peace and then they were all exiled almost overnight.

In this first part of Bhutan’s Darkest Secret: we look at what lead to such dramatic measures from the Bhutanese Monarch for which we would have to start from the beginning, from the foundation of Bhutan, the impact of Buddhism plays in the country, how the current Monarch, Wangchuk Dynasty came to power and along with the gradual migration of Nepali Ethnic people for centuries and ultimately, how it culminated into such a massive Ethnic cleansing.

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Research by: Bishwa Rai ([ Ссылка ])

Edited by: Ajay Khadka ([ Ссылка ])

Animations and Thumbnail by: Rabi Kandel ([ Ссылка ])

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Articles and Books

1.Wangchuck Dynasty: 100 Years of Enlightened Monarchy in Bhutan
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2. The Raven Crown by Micheal Aris ([ Ссылка ])
3. Bhutan’s Dark Secret: ([ Ссылка ])
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6. Human Rights Watch ([ Ссылка ])
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Documentaries:
1. The Magnificent History Of Bhutan's Royal Family: Real Royalty ([ Ссылка ])
2. Bhutan's prime minister: Al Jazeera English ([ Ссылка ])
3. Bhutan’s forgotten People : Al Jazeera English ([ Ссылка ])
4. Bhutan’s attempt to clear itself of Nepalese: JourneyMan Pictures([ Ссылка ])

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