Maharashtra State PSC Model Paper 5

The correct answer is Kushok Bakula Rinpoche.

• The demand for Ladakh as a separate UT was raised around 1955.
• At present, he is the head of Pethup Gompa in Spituk, Ladakh.
• He was one of sixteen Arhats of Budhha.

Note -

• The demand was later carried forward by Thupstan Cheewang.
• He is an Indian politician.
• He was also a member of the14th and 16th Lok Sabha constituency representing the Ladakh constituency.
• He is the great great great grandson of Tsepal Tondup Namgyal, the last independent ruler of Ladakh.