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Jija Tashi Dorje
Jija was a lay aristocratic official of the Tibetan government. In this interview, he discusses being the dzongpön of Powo Chödzong, and his time in Chamdo when he fled with Ngabö. He also talks about how they were captured and detained in Chamdo and how later he was sent to Lhasa with the tsidrung Jangjenlokho to deliver a report to the Kashag regarding the peace talks. Additionally, he discusses his work at the Trapchi Legung Office printing Tibetan currency, and finally, how he went to Norbulinga as a bodyguard for the Dalai Lama, and how he attended the Assembly Meetings during the 1950 unrest (singdru) and signed his name while there.
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About this interview
- Age at interview
- ca 62
- Recorded
- 27 October 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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