Tag Archives: History

  • Independent Tibet’s first foreign employee dies 26 September 2013 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

    Robert Ford, the first foreigner to have been employed by the government of an independent Tibet, has died in London on 20 September 2013. ...

  • Photographs from 1903 British Expedition to Tibet go to auction 3 August 2013 | Helen Lawson This post has 2 comments

    A collection of photographs taken during the controversial 1903 British Expedition to Tibet has come to light. ...

  • Willem-Alexander becomes new Dutch king 1 May 2013 | Mike Corder and Toby Sterling This post has no comments yet

    The Netherlands' Queen Beatrix abdicated in favour of her eldest son Willem-Alexander, who became Europe's youngest monarch on Tuesday, celebrated by a massive orange-themed party. ...

  • Tashi Wangyal Remembering Gompo Dhatsenpa: Obituary 23 April 2013 | Tashi Wangyal This post has no comments yet

    On the morning of 6 April, Mr Gompo Dhatsenpa made his somber decision to close his eyes for the last time and embark upon his next journey to a distant world unknown. ...

  • Man who set up Tibet radio gets £65 in back-pay 63 years later 29 March 2013 | Peter Simpson This post has no comments yet

    Patience is a virtue that has finally paid off for Robert Ford. Former civil servant Robert Ford received back-pay of £65 on his 90th birthday. ...

  • Sonam Tashi aka Acho Danny Norbu Tsering: Remembering a superstar 21 March 2013 | Sonam Tashi aka Acho Danny This post has no comments yet

    Tibetans have lost a superstar in Norbu Tsering -- a celebrated performer of Ache Lhamo, and a major force in preserving its Kyomolung tradition. ...

  • Sonam Phuntsok A dream of performing at Norbulingka 18 March 2013 | Sonam Phuntsok This post has 5 comments

    Without the work of Norbu Tsering la, Tibetan opera would not even exist any more. His has been the biggest contribution by far, by anyone, to the preservation of Tibetan culture. ...

  • Exiled Tibetans still hope to return home 17 January 2013 | Vishal Gulati This post has no comments yet

    Though living in exile in India for over half a century, the longing to see their homeland has not waned among Tibetan residents in Dharamshala ...

  • Tibet Solidarity Day observed in Bir and Chauntra 10 December 2012 | Tenzin Rabga This post has no comments yet

    Exile Tibetans marked World Human Rights Day and the commemoration of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, with prayers in Bir and Chauntra. ...

  • How selection of China’s new leadership works 8 November 2012 | The Associated Press This post has no comments yet

    China's communist elite are meeting to install a new generation of leaders in a process that is part public show and part backroom politicking. ...