Since its independence in 1947, India has accepted various groups of refugees from neighbouring countries, including partition refugees from former British Indian territories that now constitute Pakistan and Bangladesh, Tibetan refugees that arrived in 1959, Chakma refugees from present day Bangladesh in early 1960s, other Bangladeshi refugees in 1965 and 1971, Sri Lankan Tamil refugees from the 1980s and most recently Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. In 1992, India was seen to be hosting 400,000 refugees from eight countries. According to records with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, as on January 1,2021, there were 58,843 Sri Lankan refugees staying in 108 refugee camps in Tamil Nadu and 54 in Odisha and 72,312 Tibetan refugees have been living in India.
Tibetan refugee self-help center in Darjeeling, West Bengal
Tibetan woman in an Indian refugee camp
Expelled Asians in the Netherlands after leaving Uganda, 1972
Hindu and Sikh refugees coming to India during partition
Central Tibetan Administration
The Central Tibetan Administration is the Tibetan government in exile based in Dharamshala, India. It is composed of a judiciary branch, a legislative branch, and an executive branch.
Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in 2010
The former Chairman of the Cabinet of the CTA, Samdhong Rinpoche, addresses a fundraising dinner in Sydney, Australia, February 2006
Penpa Tsering, current Sikyong of the CTA
Finance Kalon Tsering Dhondup (front row, second from left) visited Taiwan's Legislative Yuan in 2013