Thupten Gyatso instituted modernizations in Tibet, such as a postal system, paper currency, roads, and he built the country's first power station. The Dalai Lama reached Potala Palace in January 1913 and he released the Tibet’s Declaration of Independence on February 13, 1913. In October 1911 the Qing government collapsed and in 1912, they were driven out of Tibet. In India he spent the early months of 1911 touring sacred Buddhist sites including Bodh Gaya. During his stay in India, he met Charles Alfred Bell (1870–1945), the British political officer for Bhutan, Sikkim and Tibet, with whom he developed a lifelong friendship. He was forced to leave Tibet when the Manchu force invaded Lhasa. On February 22, 1910, the 13th Dalai Lama started his journey to India, where he spent close to three years. He emphasised his country’s independent status externally in formal communications to foreign rulers, and internally by issuing a proclamation reaffirming Tibet’s Independence and by strengthening the country’s defences. The events of the his reign are critical to understanding the hollow claims of Tibet's occupation by China. Remembered today as the Great Thirteenth, he was the first Dalai Lama since the Fifth Dalai Lama (1617–1682) to head the Tibetan government through his adulthood.
(Read the translation of the original document here.)Īt the time Britain invaded Tibet, the Tibetan head of state was His Holiness the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (1876–1933). There was no other choice for me but to cross the border, because Chinese troops were following with the intention of taking me alive or dead”. I, therefore, left Lhasa with my ministers for the Indo-Tibetan border, hoping to clarify to the Manchu emperor by wire that the existing relationship between Tibet and China had been that of patron and priest and had not been based on the subordination of one to the other. They brought large numbers of troops into central Tibet on the pretext of policing the trade marts. A few years ago, the Chinese authorities in Szechuan and Yunnan endeavored to colonize our territory. “During the time of Genghis Khan and Altan Khan of the Mongols, the Ming dynasty of the Chinese, and the Ch'ing Dynasty of the Manchus, Tibet and China cooperated on the basis of benefactor and priest relationship. It is, therefore, essential to preserve all Buddhist institutions in Tibet, such as the Jokhang temple and Ramoche in Lhasa, Samye, and Traduk in southern Tibet, and the three great monasteries, etc”. He observed, “Peace and happiness in this world can only be maintained by preserving the faith of Buddhism. Our subject citizens residing near the borders should be alert and keep the government informed by special messenger of any suspicious developments”, the declaration read. “To safeguard and maintain the independence of our country, one and all should voluntarily work hard. To keep up with the rest of the world, we must defend our country”. We are a small, religious, and independent nation. The Dalai Lama declared that t hough not prosperous or technically advanced, “Tibet is an independent nation living in peace and in accordance with religion.” “Tibet is a country with rich natural resources, but it is not scientifically advanced like other lands. The Dalai Lama insisted that he was assuming spiritual and political leadership of Tibet, outside of China’s auspices.
It was after the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912, that the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso, announced de facto Tibetan independence in early 1913. When China is spreading lies about Tibet’s history and stature, claiming that Tibet has been a part of China, this is an occasion to celebrate and assert Tibet’s independence, history, traditions, and values, as well as spread awareness about Tibet and Tibet's cause. Today, CCP has reduced Tibet to a colony where it is committing grave human rights violations against humanity and carrying out cultural genocide. The period of self rule that ensued ended when the Chinese marched into the region in 1949 and unlawfully occupied the world’s Third Pole. 13, 1913, following a period of domination by China’s Qing (Manchu) dynasty. He proclaimed Tibetan independence on Feb. Today - Febru– marks the 110th anniversary of the historic Declaration of Independence Tibet’s leader, the 13th Dalai Lama proclaimed in 1913 that his country was, and had been an independent country for well over 1000 years. 110th Anniversary of the 13th Dalai Lama’s Tibetan Declaration of Independence
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