Tag Archives: Ratuk Ngawang

• The Tibetans who fought the 1971 war 10 January 2012 | Claude Arpi This post has no comments yet

  Now 84, Ratuk Ngawang tells Claude Arpi about the role the secret Tibetan regiment, known as the Special Frontier Forces, played in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. ...

• Dalai Lama guard recalls leader’s dramatic escape 8 March 2009 This post has no comments yet

  Sitting in his riverside house in north Delhi, Ratu Ngawang casts his mind back 50 years and recalls how he helped smuggle the Dalai Lama to safety. ...