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Bakhtiyar Khalji, the general of Qutubuddin Aibak, launched a campaign to invade Tibet in the 13th century. [2] [3] Tibet was a source for horses, the most prized possession of any army, and Khalji was keen to control the lucrative trade between Tibet and India. Khajli's army commenced plundering the country around the Tibet region of the ...
People waving the Free Tibet flag in the backdrop was shown in the song video. This triggered a dispute between Central Board of Film Certification and movie director Imtiaz Ali when the Board ordered Ali to blur the flag and Free Tibet slogan before the film hit the theatre, but the director refused to do it. However, Ali had to remove the ...
The British expedition to Tibet, also known as the Younghusband expedition, [2] began in December 1903 and lasted until September 1904. The expedition was effectively a temporary invasion by British Indian Armed Forces under the auspices of the Tibet Frontier Commission, whose purported mission was to establish diplomatic relations and resolve the dispute over the border between Tibet and ...
Kham was a border region of Tibet. The eastern part of Kham had been under the direct control of China during the Qing dynasty.Its western half is known as Chamdo. The Khampa Tibetans and Lhasa Tibetans held each other in mutual contempt and dislike, with the Khampas in some cases hating Lhasa rule even more than Chinese rule, which was why the Khampas did little to resist Chinese forces as ...
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) is a non-profit advocacy group working to promote democratic freedoms for Tibetans, ensure their human rights, and protect Tibetan culture and the environment. Founded in 1988, ICT is the world's largest Tibet-related NGO, with several thousand members and strong bases of support in North America and ...
1938–1939 German expedition to Tibet; 1939 Japanese expedition to Tibet; Bakhtiyar Khalji's Tibet campaign (1206) British expedition to Tibet, also known as the Younghusband expedition (1903–1904) Mongol invasions of Tibet (1206–1273)
Mongol invasions of Tibet (13th century) Dzungar invasion of Tibet (1717) Chinese expedition to Tibet (1720) Gurkha invasions of Tibet (1788 and 1791) Sikh invasion of Tibet (1841–1842) British expedition to Tibet (1903–1904) Chinese expedition to Tibet (1910) Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China (1950) Battle of Chamdo (1950)
Tibet (/ t ɪ ˈ b ɛ t / ⓘ; Tibetan: བོད, Lhasa dialect: [pʰøːʔ˨˧˩] Böd; Chinese: 藏区; pinyin: Zàngqū), or Greater Tibet, [1] is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about 470,000 sq mi (1,200,000 km 2). [2] It is the homeland of the Tibetan people.