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Opinion: Dalai Lama is still the “emperor” of Tibetan hearts Share on twitter
His Holiness the Dalai Lama reaches Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh in 1959 following his ardous escape from Tibet (Photo:Tibet Museum)
By Vijay Kranti
nd anniversary of Dalai Lama’s daring escape from Tibet
Many times, the direction of events taking on a special moment in the life an individual can give a new direction to the history and the destiny of nations. Dalai Lama’s dramatic escape to India on 30
th March 1959 proved to be one such historic and defining moment – both for himself and Tibet as well as for the Communist regime of China. His successful escape from the grip of Tibet’s colonial Chinese masters in Lhasa proved a sharp contrast to the fate of PUYI, the last Manchu Emperor of China who remained under captivity for over six decades under his various captors. PUYI remained a helpless prisoner of his circumstances as he helplessly watched systematic decimation of the identi