Gyari Dorje Yudon
During the 1950’s Uprisings in Eastern Tibet. Gyari Dorje Yudon of Nyarong, personally lead the male tribal warriors in a…
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Ani Pachen
Ani Pachen assumed her role as chieftainess of the Lemdha clan of Gonjo, when her father died in 1958. In…
Lhagyari Namgyal Gyatso
Lhagyari Trichen Namgyal Gyatso, 17TH THRONEHOLDER. Joined attack on Chinese Army hospital during uprising. He was arrested along with his younger…
Warrior Ratu Ngawang
Warrior Ratu Ngawang (center), one of Gonpo Tashi Andrugtsang’s principal commanders. Ngawang was also a part of the Chushi Gangdruk…
Yaso Generals
Group of Yaso Generals in ceremonial dress in Lhasa. Yaso is the Mongol title for the commanders of the Tibetan…
Chamdo Aukatsang Jampa Kalden
Chamdo Aukatsang Jampa Kalden: Joined in the defense of Norbulingka during Chinese invasion. Later with other volunteers he took weapons and ammunition…
Thonpa Jampa Khedrup
Thonpa Jampa Khedrup distributed rifles to members of his household during the 1959 uprising in Tibet. Personally fired on the…
Nyemo Bhonshod Bhusang
Nyemo Bhonshod Bhusang was a Police medical officer. He was a Jokhang defender during Tibetan uprising. Escaped Tibet after the…
Lhalu Lhacham Sonam Dekyi
Lhalu Lhacham Sonam Dekyi Wife of Lhalu Tsewang Dorje. When Tibetan soldiers used the roof of the Lhalu house to…
Rupon Gura
Rinzin Paljor, aka Rupon Gura, 2nd in command to Jumpa. Jokhang defender. He is famously known for his bombardment of PLA…
Tibetan National Flag
ནོར་བུ་གླིང་ཀ་ : Tibetan army with newly designed Tibetan national Flag at the Norbulinka Palace in Lhasa, circa 1916. Possibly the…
Chushi Gangdruk (‘Four Rivers, Six Ranges’)
ཆུ་བཞི་སྒང་དྲུག་ Chushi Gangdruk (‘Four Rivers, Six Ranges’) was a Khampa Tibetan guerrilla group. ChushiGangdruk guerrilla fighters fought the forces of…