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In the years 1959, 1960, and 1961 following the 1959 Tibetan uprising and exile of the Dalai Lama, over 20,000 Tibetans migrated to Nepal. Since then many have emigrated to India or settled in refugee camps set up by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Government of Nepal, the Swiss Government, Services for Technical Co-operation Switzerland, and Australian Refugees Committee.
The Tibetan diaspora is the relocation of Tibetan people from Tibet, their country of origin, to other nation states to live as exiles and refugees in communities. The diaspora of Tibetan people began in the early 1950s, peaked after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, and continues. Tibetan emigration has four separate stages.
TJC has undertaken in-depth on-the-ground research into the situation for Tibetan refugees living in India and Nepal, looking at what their status is under national law, what rights they are allowed in practice, and the effects this has on their lives and livelihoods. "Tibet's Stateless Nationals: Tibetan Refugees in Nepal" was published in 2002.
The first small groups of Nepali emigrated primarily from eastern Nepal under British auspices in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. [12] The beginning of Nepali immigration largely coincided with Bhutan's political development: in 1885, Druk Gyalpo Ugyen Wangchuck consolidated power after a period of civil unrest and cultivated closer ties with the British in India.
He took his monastic vows at Dungkar Monastery in Tibet. [4] Lama Zopa Rinpoche left Tibet in 1959 for Bhutan after the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Lama Zopa Rinpoche then went to the Tibetan refugee camp at Buxa Duar, West Bengal, India, where he met Lama Yeshe, who became his closest teacher. The Lamas met their first Western student, Zina ...
Tibetans are known as Bhotiyas in Nepal, where they are majority in regions such as Upper Mustang, Dolpo, Walung region and Limi and Muchu valleys. Nepal is also home to other Tibetic people such as the Gurung, Sherpa, Hyolmo and Tamang. There are also more than 10,000 Tibetan refugees in Nepal. [25]
The Tibet Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in New York City, New York, United States.It was founded in 1981 under the auspices of the Dalai Lama.The Tibet Fund is the primary funding organization for health, education, refugee rehabilitation, cultural preservation and economic development programs that enable Tibetans in exile and their homeland to sustain their language ...
The Tibetan Aid Project (TAP) is an operation of the Tibetan Nyingma Relief Foundation. [1] TAP was founded in 1969 by Tarthang Tulku —a leading Tibetan master and teacher—to support the efforts of Tibetans to survive in exile and re-establish their cultural heritage.