Chushi Gangdruk
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Chushi Gangdruk was a Tibetan guerrilla force formed in 1958 to defend Buddhism from communist Chinese forces and ideology. With support from the United States Central Intelligence Agency, its members
Badge of the "Tibetan Volunteer Defenders of the Faith". Inscription in Tibetan is gangs ljongs bstan srung dang blangs.
Andrug Gompo Tashi before 1959
Central Tibet came under the control of the People's Republic of China after the government of Tibet signed the Seventeen Point Agreement which the 14th Dalai Lama ratified on 24 October 1951. This fo
PLA marching into Kangding
PLA marching into Lhasa in October 1951
Chinese and Tibetan government officials at a banquet celebrating the 'peaceful liberation' of Tibet
Lhasa Potala