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Official language	Tibetan
Headquarters	Dharamsala
Head of State (Dalai Lama)	Tenzin Gyatso
National Anthem	Tibetan National Anthem, (Link)

The Government of Tibet in Exile, officially named the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, is a theocratic government-like entity headed by Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama that describes itself as the rightful and legitimate government of Tibet. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ... Flag Ratio: 2:3 The flag of Tibet was introduced in 1912 by the 13th Dalai Lama. ... anyone that has an easy to follow explanation of the links between Tibet and the government of Tibet in exile and a simple history of them, please email me: oo_prettiness_oo@yahoo. ... An official language is a language that is given a unique legal status in a country, state, or other territory. ... The Tibetan language is typically classified as member of the Tibeto-Burman which in turn is thought by some to be a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. ... Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. ... Locator map Dharamsala or Dharmsāla, (literally; Rest House) is a town in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. ... The President of the United States visits the President of the Philippines. ... The 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935) The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933) In Tibetan Buddhism, the successive Dalai Lamas (taa-lai bla-ma) form a tulku lineage of Gelugpa leaders which trace back to 1391. ... Tenzin Gyatso The fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ Wylie: Bstan dzin Rgya mtsho) (b. ... A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a countrys government as their states official national song. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (626x706, 67 KB) A replacement for en:Image:LocationDharamsala. ... The term theocracy is used to describe a form of government in which a religion or faith plays a dominant role. ... Tenzin Gyatso is the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama. ... The 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935) The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933) In Tibetan Buddhism, the successive Dalai Lamas (taa-lai bla-ma) form a tulku lineage of Gelugpa leaders which trace back to 1391. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, pinyin: Xīzàng or 藏区 Zàngqū [the two names are used with different connotations; see Names section below]) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ...

Tibet is currently under the control of the People's Republic of China, a situation that the Government in exile considers an illegitimate military occupation. The Government of Tibet in Exile is headquartered in Dharamsala, India. The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule. A government in exile is a political group that claims to be a countrys legitimate government, but for various reasons is unable to exercise its legal power, and instead resides in a foreign country. ... Belligerent military occupation, occurs when one nations military garrisons occupy all or part of the territory of another nation or recognized belligerent during an invasion (during or after a war). ... Locator map Dharamsala or Dharmsāla, (literally; Rest House) is a town in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. ... The 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935) The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933) In Tibetan Buddhism, the successive Dalai Lamas (taa-lai bla-ma) form a tulku lineage of Gelugpa leaders which trace back to 1391. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Its territorial claims include the entirety of Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai province, as well as parts of the neighboring provinces of Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan -- all of which is termed "Historic Tibet" by the PRC government. The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) (Tibetan: བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས་; Wylie: Bod-rang-skyong-ljongs; Simplified: 西藏自治区; Traditional: 西藏自治區; Hanyu Pinyin: ), is a province-level autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Qinghai (Chinese: 青海; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ching-hai; Postal System Pinyin: Tsinghai) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, named after the enormous Qinghai Lake (Koko Nor). ... Gansu (Simplified: 甘肃; Traditional: 甘肅; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kan-su, or modified as Kan-suh) is a province located in the northwest of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Sichuan (Chinese: 四川; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ssu-ch`uan; obsolete romanizations include Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in central-western China with its capital at Chengdu. ... Yunnan (Simplified: 云南; Traditional: 雲南; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Vietnamese: Vân Nam) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country. ...

The Government of Tibet in Exile is not recognized as a government by any major sovereign state, but it has received a large amount of sympathy in the West and India, largely through the efforts of the Dalai Lama. This article discusses states as sovereign political entities. ... For alternative meanings for The West in the United States, see the U.S. West and American West. ...

In 2001, for the first time in the history of Tibet, the Government in Exile directly elected their Kalon Tripa, or Prime Minister. ^{[citation needed]}

Historical claims on Tibet

The position of the Government of Tibet in Exile is that Tibet is an independent nation with a long history of independence stretching to the 7th or 8th centuries A.D.

Tibet was invaded during the Mongol conquests and was made a part of the Mongol Yuan dynasty of China. Later in the 18th century, Tibet was again subjugated by the Manchu Qing Dynasty of China. In 1903, the British in India invaded Tibet in order to establish a trade route to China which had been cut off by Tibet in 1792. The British maintained suzerainty over Tibet until 1906, when they signed a treaty with China ceding Tibet. Tibetan nationalists fought Chinese control, expelling the regional governor in 1911, retaining their sovereignty until the 1951 Chinese occupation. Yuan (Traditional: å…ƒ or 圓; Simplified: å…ƒ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: yüan) is, in Chinese, the base unit of a currency, for example, US dollar is Mei yuan (美元). However, in international context, Yuan as an English word refers to the Renminbi (RMBÂ¥, CN$). The English pronunciation is /ju:æn/, although in Chinese the... The Qing Dynasty (Manchu: daicing gurun; Chinese: 清朝; pinyin: qīng cháo; Wade-Giles: ching chao), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China expanded into China proper and the surrounding territories of Inner Asia, establishing the... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Suzerainty refers to a situation in which a region or people is a tributary to a more powerful entity which allows the tributary some limited domestic autonomy but controls its foreign affairs. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

The position of the PRC government is that the events of 1951 were merely a re-occupation of land which had been under the dominion of China since at least the 13th century, if not earlier and that even during this period (1912-1951) commonly held to be the last period of Tibetan independence, China continued to maintain sovereignty over Tibet; no country gave Tibet diplomatic recognition, but the USA and Britain accepted a Tibetan government issued passport for a minister travelling through Europe and America in 1947; the document clearly shows the US immigration office stamp; and other signs of Tibetan acknowledgement of Chinese sovereignty were present, e.g. the presence of Tibetan delegates in 1947 in Nanjing to take part in the drafting of a new constitution for the Republic of China. Chinese commissioners had been stationed in Lhasa since the early 18th century, and periods of independence since then are claimed by China to be the result of externally incited uprisings, not of a relinquishment of China's claim to sovereignty over the region. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... Lhasa prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region Lhasa (Tibetan: ལྷ་ས་; Wylie: lha-sa; Simplified Chinese: 拉萨; Traditional Chinese: 拉薩; pinyin: Lāsà), sometimes called Llasa, is the traditional capital of Tibet and the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

External links

• Official website of the Government of Tibet in Exile
• Official website of the London Office of the Government of Tibet in Exile
• The Office of Tibet in New York
• The Office of Tibet in Pretoria,South Africa
• Map of Tibet - includes both historical provinces and current Chinese administrative divisions
• Faith in Exile a video by the Guerrilla News Network

See also

• Tibetan American