China: Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama (centre, white horse) escaping from Tibet to India, 1959

At the outset of the 1959 Tibetan uprising, fearing for his life, the Dalai Lama and his retinue fled Tibet with the help of the CIA's Special Activities Division, crossing into India on 30 March 1959, reaching Tezpur in Assam on 18 April.

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TIBETAN BUDDHISM