Exhibition showcases independent Tibet during British India

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(TibetanReview.net, Apr04’26) – Tibet was an independent country when Great Britain ruled India and had a political officer posted in Sikkim, then also an independent kingdom, to conduct diplomacy with it, highlights an exhibition that opened Apr 3 at the Tibet Museum in Dharamshala, India, on Apr 3.

The exhibition, “Frontier Diplomacy: Britain, Tibet and Sir Basil Gould.”, was inaugurated by Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), joined by Frances C Cutler, granddaughter of Sir Basil John Gould, who served as the British Political Officer based in Sikkim from 1935 to 1945.

The exhibition is an adaptation from Sir Basil Gould’s book, The Jewel in the Lotu...

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