Naren Chandra Das

  • Dalai Lama’s Last Escort on his 1959 escape from Tibet dies.

    Dalai Lama’s Last Escort on his 1959 escape from Tibet dies.

    According to his former regiment, the last surviving member of a tiny squad of Indian soldiers who followed the Dalai Lama as he fled Tibet in 1959 has died at the age of 85. After a 13-day walk through the Himalayas dressed as a soldier to avoid detection by Chinese troops, the Tibetan spiritual leader…

  • Dalai Lama’s Last Surviving Escort Guard Invited to ‘Thank You India’ Event

    Dalai Lama’s Last Surviving Escort Guard Invited to ‘Thank You India’ Event

    The last serving guard from the seven paramilitary troopers who escorted the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama onto Indian soil back in March 1959 following an arduous escape from Lhasa to seek exile in India after China invaded Tibet is reportedly invited to be a CTA’s ‘Thank You India’ event on March 31.