Succeeded in 1952 by his son Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutan began to slowly emerge from its isolation and began a program of planned development.
Digantikan pada tahun 1952 oleh putranya Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutan mulai perlahan-lahan muncul dari isolasinya dan memulai program pembangunan berencana.