1959

  • After 58 Years, Dalai Lama Meets Assam Rifles Soldier Who Helped Him Escape Tibet 

    After 58 Years, Dalai Lama Meets Assam Rifles Soldier Who Helped Him Escape Tibet 

    In 1959 when the Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet, he treaded the hostile Himalayas with a caravan consisting of soldiers and countrymen who dexterously guided the Tibetan spiritual leader to India. One of them was a young soldier belonging to the Assam Rifles, a jawan named Naren Chandra Das who met the Dalai Lama during…