Chushi Gangdruk, the Glossary
Chushi Gangdruk was a Tibetan guerrilla group.[1]
Table of Contents
42 relations: Allen Dulles, Amdo, Anti-communism, Ü-Tsang, Battle of Chamdo, Camp Hale, Central Intelligence Agency, Chamdo, China, China–United States relations, CIA Tibetan program, Dalai Lama, Drugu, Guerrilla warfare, India, Kham, Land reform, Lhasa, Li Weihan, List of organizations of Tibetans in exile, Mekong, Nepal, New York City, People's Liberation Army, Protests and uprisings in Tibet since 1950, Richard Nixon, Salween River, Seventeen Point Agreement, Shangri Lhagyal, Special Frontier Force, Tezpur, The Daily Beast, Tibet, Tibetan Americans, Tibetan independence movement, Tibetan Plateau, United States, Upper Mustang, Yangtze, Yatung, Yellow River, 14th Dalai Lama.
- 1959 Tibetan uprising
Allen Dulles
Allen Welsh Dulles (April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was an American lawyer who was the first civilian Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), and its longest serving director to date.
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Amdo
Amdo is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being Ü-Tsang in central Tibet, and Kham in the east. Chushi Gangdruk and Amdo are Tibet.
Anti-communism
Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communist beliefs, groups, and individuals.
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Ü-Tsang
Ü-Tsang (དབུས་གཙང་། Wylie; dbus gtsang) is one of the three Tibetan regions, the others being Amdo in the north-east, and Kham in the east.
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Battle of Chamdo
The Battle of Chamdo (or Qamdo) occurred from 6 to 24 October 1950.
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Camp Hale
Camp Hale was a U.S. Army training facility in the western United States, constructed in 1942 for what became the 10th Mountain Division.
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Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.
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Chamdo
Chamdo, officially Qamdo and also known in Chinese as Changdu, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
China–United States relations
The relationship between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States of America (USA) has been complex and at times tense since the establishment of the PRC and the retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan in 1949.
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CIA Tibetan program
The CIA Tibetan program was an anti-Chinese government covert operation spanning almost twenty years.
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Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama is a title given by Altan Khan in 1578 AD at Yanghua Monastery to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Drugu
Dru gu (also Trugu) is the Tibetan term for Turkic peoples. Chushi Gangdruk and Drugu are Tibet.
Guerrilla warfare
Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Kham
Kham is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being Amdo in the northeast, while Ü-Tsang in central Tibet and Ngari in western Tibet together form the third region. Chushi Gangdruk and Kham are Tibet.
Land reform
Land reform is a form of agrarian reform involving the changing of laws, regulations, or customs regarding land ownership.
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Lhasa
Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China.
Li Weihan
Li Weihan (2 June 1896 – 11 August 1984) was a Chinese Communist Party politician.
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List of organizations of Tibetans in exile
This page is a list of organisations of Tibetans in exile.
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Mekong
The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
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Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China.
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Protests and uprisings in Tibet since 1950
Protests and uprisings in Tibet against the government of the People's Republic of China have occurred since 1950, and include the 1959 uprising, the 2008 uprising, and the subsequent self-immolation protests.
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Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
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Salween River
The Salween is a Southeast Asian river, about long, flowing from the Tibetan Plateau south into the Andaman Sea. The Salween flows primarily within southwest China and eastern Myanmar (Burma), with a short section forming the border of Burma and Thailand. Throughout most of its course, it runs swiftly through rugged mountain canyons.
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Seventeen Point Agreement
The Seventeen-Point Agreement, officially the Agreement of the Central People's Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, was an agreement between the Tibetan Government and the People's Republic of China.
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Shangri Lhagyal
Chamdowa Tsawabomei Shangri Lhagyal (1921–1984) (also known as Chamdowa Shangri Lhagyal or Shangri Lhagyal) was a Tibetan resistance fighter against Chinese occupying forces in 1958–59. Chushi Gangdruk and Shangri Lhagyal are 1959 Tibetan uprising and Tibetan emigrants to India.
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Special Frontier Force
The Special Frontier Force (SFF) is an Indian special forces unit composed primarily of Tibetan refugees and Gurkhas in India.
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Tezpur
Tezpur is a town in Sonitpur district, Assam state, India.
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The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture.
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Tibet
Tibet (Böd), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about.
Tibetan Americans
Tibetan Americans are Americans of Tibetan ancestry.
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Tibetan independence movement
The Tibetan independence movement (Bod rang btsan; s) is the political movement advocating for the reversal of the 1950 annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China, and the separation and independence of Greater Tibet from China.
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Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau, also known as Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and Qing–Zang Plateau, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South, and East Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region, most of Qinghai, western half of Sichuan, Southern Gansu provinces in Western China, southern Xinjiang, Bhutan, the Indian regions of Ladakh and Lahaul and Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) as well as Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, northwestern Nepal, eastern Tajikistan and southern Kyrgyzstan.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Upper Mustang
Upper Mustang (formerly Kingdom of Lo) is an upper part (Northern area) of Mustang District, which is located in Nepal.
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Yangtze
Yangtze or Yangzi is the longest river in Eurasia, the third-longest in the world.
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Yatung
Yatung or Yadong, also known as Shasima, is the principal town in the Chumbi Valley or Yadong County in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
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Yellow River
The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze; with an estimated length of it is the sixth-longest river system on Earth.
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14th Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama (spiritual name: Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, also known as Tenzin Gyatso;; born 6 July 1935) is, as the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. Chushi Gangdruk and 14th Dalai Lama are Tibetan emigrants to India.
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See also
1959 Tibetan uprising
- 1959 Tibetan uprising
- Chushi Gangdruk
- Shangri Lhagyal
- Thubten Samphel
- Tibetan Uprising Day
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chushi_Gangdruk
Also known as Defenders of the Faith Volunteer Army, Four Rivers Six Ranges, Four Rivers, Six Ranges, Khamba Horsemen, National Volunteer Defence Army, Tibetan Defenders of the Faith Volunteer Army.