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Lobsang Panden
Lobsang Panden [Tib. blo bzang dpal ldan] was a Khamba from Litang who fought in the uprising there and then came to Lhasa. In this interview, Lobsang Panden first discusses the Chinese arrival in Kham and Yönrupön's bravery during his surrender. He also describes going to India in 1957 as a bodyguard to the Dalai Lama and how he took a secret letter from Shakabpa, Gyalo Thondup and Khenjung (Jenkhentsisum) to Andru Jinda (Gombo Tashi) in Lhasa and about a plan to start fighting there to prevent the Dalai Lama from returning to Tibet from India in 1957. He also talks about the shootout at Sharsingma when Athar was trying to return from India to Tibet (in 1958).
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About this interview
- Age at interview
- 72
- Recorded
- June 1993
Introduction from the source abstract. The English transcript is reproduced from the archive; its translation has not been independently reviewed by Tibet Archive.
Sources & credits
Melvyn C. Goldstein, editor; Center for Research on Tibet, Case Western Reserve University. Library of Congress, Asian Division.
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