September 17, 2009
In Buddha’s Warriors, my history of the Tibetan freedom fighters, I wrote about the 1974 demise of Tibetan armed resistance at Tinker’s Pass from the Tibetan point of view.
A few weeks ago, however, I posted a never-before-published photograph (by Lisa Choegyal) of the Tibetans’ leader, General Wangdu, taken a few weeks before his murder at Tinker’s Pass. (Click here for article) The article had the unexpected result of correspondence received containing many new details about the Nepal Army’s role in nailing the endgame of Tibetan armed resistance – moreover, from primary sources – Nepalis who either took part in the 1974 NA operation or who are descendents of NA officers.