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Tibet: The Last Months of a Free Nation India Tibet Relations (1947-1962) : Part 1
Tibet: The Last Months of a Free Nation India Tibet Relations (1947-1962) : Part 1
Tibet: The Last Months of a Free Nation India Tibet Relations (1947-1962) : Part 1
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Tibet: The Last Months of a Free Nation India Tibet Relations (1947-1962) : Part 1

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Though Tibet’s system of governance had serious lacunas, the Land of Snows was free and independent. In October 1950, Mao’s regime decided to ‘liberate’ it. ‘Liberate’ from what, was the question everybody asked.
Though some in Delhi did not realise it, it would soon be a tragedy for India too, as it had to suddenly live with a new neighbor, whose ideology was the opposite of Buddhist values.

The narrative starts soon after Independence and ends with the signing of the 17-Point Agreement in Beijing in May 1951 when Tibet lost its Independence …and India, a gentle neighbour.

Using never-accessed-before Indian archival material, this book is the first of a series of four books on the India-Tibet Relations (1947-62).
The next volumes will respectively cover the periods 1952-1954, 1954-1957 and 1957-1962.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 1, 2017
ISBN9789386457226
Tibet: The Last Months of a Free Nation India Tibet Relations (1947-1962) : Part 1
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Claude Arpi

Claude Arpi was born in 1949 in Angoulême, France. Since 1974, he is settled in South India. He is the author of several books and more than one thousand articles on Tibet, China, India, defence and border issues and Indo-French relations. Claude Arpi holds the Field Marshal KM Cariappa Chair of Excellence of the United Service Institution of India for his research on India-Tibet Relations.

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