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_bSIN-A
100 _aSingh, Rani
245 _aAn Officer and His Holiness
_b: How The Dalai Lama Crossed Into India
260 _bEbury Press, (Penguin Random House)
_aHaryana (India)
_c2020
300 _axxviii,340p.
520 _aIn 1959, the Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet into India, where he was granted refuge. Few know about the carefully calibrated operation to escort him safely from the Indian border. An Officer and His Holiness narrates how political officer Har Mander Singh successfully managed this assignment in the North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) with limited resources, and despite a treacherous terrain and external threats.
650 _aBuddhism
_vDalai Lama XIV, 1935-
_vRefugees
_zIndia
_zChina--Tibet
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_cBK