In 1910, the Dalai Lama escapes Tibet for British India in order to avoid Chinese forces.
Lobsang Ngawang Thupten Gyatso Jigdral Chokley Namgyal (12 February 1876 – 17 December 1933) was the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet, enthroned at a difficult period and the collapse of the Qing Dynasty. He is also known as "the Great Thirteenth," for redeclaring Tibet's national independence, as well as for his reform and modernization measures. Due to his two periods of exile, from 1904 to 1909 to avoid the British invasion of 1904 and from 1910 to 1913 to avoid a Chinese invasion, he became well acquainted with the complexity of international politics and was the first Dalai Lama to recognise the importance of foreign relations.
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