History

RONGSA HISTORY

1. The Lepcha General of Sikkim’s army who with his troops defeated the advancing Gorkha forces under Pratap Singh Shah 17 times in the battle of Chainpur seventeen times in 1775 AD. He was feared by the Gorkha forces and was called by the name Satrajeet.-General Chyok Thop
2.   A famous Lepcha explorer who worked as a Pundit and was sent by the British Capt. J Harman to trace the course of the Brahmaputra River in Tibet in 1879. He was sold as a slave 2 times in Tibet yet he managed to fulfill his mission. He returned to Darjeeling after full 4 years but was rewarded and recognized for his services only in 1913 when he was found working as a tailor and living an impoverished life. The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India benefited greatly by the efforts of this great explorer. Kinthup
3. The Lepcha prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sikkim (Renjyoung Lyang) who managed to save the Namgyal dynasty of Sikkim in about 1740. After the death of Chogyal Gyurmed Namgyal, a local Bhutia governor by the name of Changzod Tamding with his group refused to recognize the 1 year old prince Phuntsog Namgyal II as the heir and hence tried to take over the throne. The Lepcha prime Minister stepped in and fought a civil war for nearly 4 years   before defeating the enemies of the throne and installing the rightful Phuntsog Namgyal as the chogyal of Sikkim. Changzod Karwang
4. The Lepcha Prime minister of Sikkim (Renjyoung Lyang) who was assassinated by the orders of Chogyal Tshugpud Namgyal in 1826. The Tibetan influence in the court of Sikkim was slowly becoming dangerous and as such the Lepcha subjects were being mistreated. The Lepcha interest in the Court was being neglected and as such there were major quarrels between the Bhutia King and the Lepcha prime Minister who happened to be the brother of the Lepcha queen mother, Anyu Gyelum. As soon as after the death of his Lepcha mother the chogyal immediately ordered the assassination of his maternal uncle, the Lepcha Prime Minister. Chongjot Bolod
5. The Lepcha hero who is believed to be the designer of the Lepcha script. He is mentioned in “History of Sikkim” by Maharajah Thutob Namgyal, to have guided Lhatsun Chempo, one of the 3 lamas who met in Yoksum to consecrate the first Bhutia King of Sikkim.- Thikung Mensalong
6. In the History of Sikkim (Maharajah and Maharani of Sikkim (1908)) he is referred to as Shal-ngo Achyok and elaborates that he welcomed the Bhutanese army into Sikkim as he was not in good terms with the then Chogyal.Ren A.R. Foning accounts him to be from the Longshyol Kyoung in Kalimpong (then under the Sikkim). History of Bhutan remembers him as “AMCHOG” from Sikkim who resisted the construction of the Damsang Dzong by the 4^th Deb Tenzin Rabgye in Kalimpong. Gaybu Achyok