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Mar 17, 2015 · His flight began on March 17, 1959. Here the escape party is seen on March 28, three days before reaching sanctuary in the free zone of India. AP The Dalai Lama pictured in India circa...
Mar 17, 2018 · How the Tibetan spiritual leader and his followers fled from Lhasa to Tawang in northeast India, facing Chinese troops and harsh terrain. Read the story of his two-week trek, his letter to Nehru and his reception by Indian officials.
The Dalai Lama fled Tibet after a Chinese crackdown on a Tibetan uprising in Lhasa, where he lost his Summer Palace and many followers. He crossed the Himalayas and reached India, where he was offered asylum and became a symbol of peaceful resistance.
Feb 5, 2020 · An excerpt from a book by Rani Singh that recounts the details of the Dalai Lama's escape from Lhasa amid the Chinese invasion. The Dalai Lama disguised himself as a soldier, crossed the river, and met the Indian Prime Minister Nehru in exile.
Jul 12, 2022 · PUBLISHED 12 July 2022. BOOKMARK. In a dramatic stealth operation in 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama slipped out of his palace in Lhasa in Tibet, and made his escape to India. This would have significant knock-on effects that would shape the relationship between India and China in the decades to come.
Feb 28, 2023 · In addition, India has provided me, and those other Tibetans who managed to escape, the freedom to preserve and promote Tibetan identity and our culture of peace and compassion, and to share...
Mar 31, 2022 · In March 1959, as he approached the Indian border after a two-week journey disguised as a common soldier, His Holiness the Dalai Lama looked back at Tibet for the very last time, leaving behind everything he had ever known and entering into a world of absolute uncertainty.
