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The Dalai Lama remained a sensitive and persistent issue between India and China following the Tibetan rebellion of 1959. The unrest, along with the growing border dispute, eventually culminated in the Indo-China War of 1962 — a journey that unfolds through documents made public by Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund.
On March 15, 1959, as Chinese forces crushed the Tibetan uprising, the Ministry of External Affairs informed the Political Officer in Gangtok and the Consul General of India in Lhasa: “Prime Minister (Jawaharlal Nehru) is quite clear in his mind that, if the Dalai Lama seeks protection in Indian territory, we should give him asylum.”
Just fifteen days later, Nehru wrote to President Rajendra Prasad, firmly ruling out military intervention in Tibet. He reflected on India’s moral dilemma, writing, “There should be no question of our suppressing our conscience or doing anything patently wrong for fear of consequences. But it is not at all clear first what the ful...
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