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| The Dalai Lama greets reporters as he reaches the foot of the Himalayas after escaping from Tibet in 1959.File photo/Reuters/Peter Jackson/India |
17 March 1959. 14'th Dalai Lama of Tibet dressed as a layman and sat on horseback. He slung a rifle on his shoulder. He got out,unrecognized, from his palace.
The Dalai Lama and his officials, who had also escaped from the palace, rode out of the city on horses to join his family for the trek to India.
Two days later, the Chinese discovered he had escaped. They closed the borders with India and Bhutan and sent troops to catch him. None of that was known to the outside world.
Dalai Lama escaped to India with the help of CIA's Special Activities Division. This is the same division which worked in Somalia. (Remember Black Hawk Down,though their work is not specifically shown in the movie). This CIA division also co-ordinated the Mujahideen training and armaments against Red army in Afghanistan (Remember Charlie Wilson's War) and was responsible for the propaganda for almost every war USA fought in foreign land. This division also is behind the drone attacks in Pakistan's Taliban dominated regions.
Note: Started thinking how USA always features in so many countries' politics? Well here are some things to refresh your memory about our own ventures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_intervention_in_the_Sri_Lankan_Civil_War
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| Dalai Lama with Jawaharlal Nehru after his escape from Tibet to India. |
Sunil Gawaskar ends his test career with 96 runs innings against Pakistan on 17 March 1987.
With 10122 runs,34 hundreds and 45 fifties with an average of 51.12.
