Claim: Shangri Lhagyal and his forces tried to protect the 14th Dalai Lama who was killed in Tibet while trying to escape to India in 1959.
Evidence: 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.