BHUTAN

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Name: Bhutan
Capital: Thimphu
Government: monarchy; special treaty relationship with India
Currency: ngultrum (BTN); Indian rupee (INR)
Official language: Dzongkha
Other languages spoken: Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects, Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects
Religions: Lamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25%
Ethnic groups: Bhote 50%, ethnic Nepalese 35% (includes Lhotsampas - one of several Nepalese ethnic groups), indigenous or migrant tribes 15%

Brief History. A Lamaistic Buddhist theocracy was established in Bhutan in the 16th century. Bhutan came under the domination of the British in India in 1865. after signing the Treaty of Sinchulu, under which Bhutan would receive an annual subsidy in exchange for ceding some border land. It became a British protectorate in 1910. After India was granted independence from Great Britain, it granted Bhutan independence in 1947.

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