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Tribute to The Great Fourth

Jun 07, 2025 11 mins read
Tribute to The Great Fourth

14. Defending the Nation against Internal and External Threats During His Majesty’s reign, two major threats to the country’s security and sovereignty were encountered, namely the southern Bhutan insurrection in the late 1980’s, and the infiltration by Indian separatist militant outfits who had clandestinely established camps in our forests adjoining the Indian states of Assam and West Bengal.

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