![]() ![]() After his flight from Lhasa the Chinese Emperor formally deposed him but after the Revolution the Imperial decree was rescinded by the new Republican Government. He crossed the India frontier on the 21st February 1910, arriving at Darjeeling on the 3rd March 1910, and continued to reside in Darjeeling in a house placed at his disposal by the Indian Government, and at Kalimpong until July 1912 when he returned to Tibet. The Dalai Lama fled from Lhasa, narrowly escaping capture by the Chinese troops. At the end of 1909 he returned to Lhasa but shortly after his arrival the Chinese invaded Lhasa with the object of securing complete control over Tibet. ![]() From Mongolia he proceeded to Peking in 1908 on a visit to the Emperor Kwang Hsu and the Dowager Empress of China. On the advance of the British Mission he fled from Lhasa to Mongolia, accompanied by the Buriat Mongolian Dorjieff, about June 1904. The late Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Thupten Gyatso, was born in 1875 or early 1876, the son of humble parents in the district of Takpo, to the south of the Tsangpo River. The thirteenth Dalai Lama died in December 1933 and, until his re-incarnation was discovered some six years later, the Incarnate Lama of Reting Monastery was appointed Regent. He is addressed in English as His Holiness, and is called by Tibetans Gyawa Rimpoche (Precious Ruler, or Precious Conqueror), Kyamgon Rimpoche (Precious Protector), or Kundun (The Presence). The spiritual and temporal ruler of Tibet is the Dalai Lama whom the Tibetans believe to be the incarnation of the god Chen-re-zi (Avalokiteswara). ![]() From the introduction to ÒWhoÕs Who in TibetÓ 1915/38 ![]()
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