Tag Archives: Ratuk Ngawang
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The Tibetans who fought the 1971 war
10 January 2012 | Claude Arpi
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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. ...
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Dalai Lama guard recalls leader’s dramatic escape
8 March 2009
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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. ...