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Tibet's 1913 Throne Letter to the Viceroy of India

Tibet's 1913 Throne Letter to the Viceroy of India

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In 1913, as the Qing dynasty collapsed and the dust of the Xinhai Revolution settled, the 13th Dalai Lama — Thubten Gyatso — sat in exile in Darjeeling. From there, he penned a remarkable letter to Lord Hardinge, the Viceroy of India, declaring Tibet a fully independent state and requesting recognition from the British Empire. This episode unpacks that letter: what it said, the geopolitical context that produced it, and whether it was a genuine bid for sovereignty or a calculated diplomatic move in the Great Game. We examine the 13th Dalai Lama's earlier flight to British India during the 1904 Younghusband expedition, his gradual disillusionment with both Qing and British intentions, and the tangled negotiations at the Simla Convention of 1913–14. Through the letter's own words — its claims of historical suzerainty, its invocation of the Treaty of Lhasa and the Anglo-Chinese Convention — we trace Tibet's brief window of de facto independence between 1912 and 1951. Featuring the Chefoo Convention, the McMahon Line, and the shadow of the Chinese Republic. #Tibet #13thDalaiLama #SimlaConvention #BritishEmpire #GreatGame #XinhaiRevolution #1913 #Darjeeling #McMahonLine #Younghusband #TreatyOfLhasa #Sovereignty #ThubtenGyatso #LordHardinge #History #FexingoHistory #EastAsia #Diplomacy Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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