[DOC] [TLE] BBC ON THIS DAY | 31 | 1959: Dalai Lama escapes to India [PAR] The spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India after 
an epic 15-day journey on foot over the Himalayan mountains. ... He finally 
crossed the Indian border at the Khenzimana Pass, and is now resting at the ... 
people died during the three days of fighting between the Tibetans and the 
Chinese army. [DOC] [TLE] Game Show NewsNet [PAR] He bets $1000 on this: when Chinese troops invaded in 1959, this leader 
escaped through a Himalayan mountain pass. "Who is the Dalai Lama?" Right for
... [DOC] [TLE] Invasion & After - - Office of Tibet [PAR] Jan 1, 2011 ... Almost a half a century ago, Chinese troops invaded Tibet, bringing to sudden 
and violent end Tibet's centuries old isolation beyond the Himalayas. ... In the 
wake of the invasion, the Dalai Lama, Tibet's Spiritual and temporal leader, ... 
Dalai Lama escaping Tibet to take political refuge in India (March 1959)... [DOC] [TLE] How and Why the Dalai Lama Left Tibet | TIME [PAR] Mar 17, 2015 ... March 17, 1959: The Dalai Lama flees Tibet for asylum in India. ... and the 
mobilizing of rebel troops to fight the Chinese forces. ... political leader, then 23, 
disguised himself as a soldier and slipped through the crowds ... asylum, 
crossing the Himalayas on foot with a retinue of soldiers and cabinet members. [DOC] [TLE] Sino-Indian War of 1962 - Wikipedia [PAR] The Sino-Indian War of 1962 also known as the Sino-Indian Border Conflict of 
1962 (simplified ... A disputed Himalayan border was the main pretext for war, but 
other issues ... Chinese troops advanced over Indian forces in both theatres, 
capturing ... The Sino-Indian War is notable for the harsh mountain conditions 
under... [DOC] [TLE] CIA Tibetan program - Wikipedia [PAR] The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's Tibetan program was a covert operation 
consisting of ... In 1955, a group of local Tibetan leaders secretly plotted an 
armed uprising, ... "Our soldiers attacked Chinese trucks and seized some 
documents of the ... Following a mass uprising in Lhasa in 1959 during the 
celebration of the... [DOC] [TLE] Across Many Mountains: escape from Tibet - Telegraph [PAR] Mar 7, 2011 ... A Himalayan family's perilous escape from the Chinese invasion of Tibet is told ... 
In 1959 popular Tibetan resistance was crushed by the Chinese army; the Dalai 
... river, through narrow, icy mountain paths, avoiding Chinese soldiers. ... Months 
pass, then years, and the family is moved around like a parcel. [DOC] [TLE] CHINESE TAKEOVER OF TIBET IN THE 1950s | Facts and Details [PAR] the Chinese took it over Chinese forces, carrying portraits of Mao Zedong, 
peacefully ... East Asian Library ) columbia.edu ; Tibetan and Himalayan Libray 
thlib.org Digital ... the mountains---no shared language or diet---and Chinese 
historians explained that ... China's leadership claimed it had to come to liberate 
Tibet from... [DOC] [TLE] Tibetan Exiles Heartened by China's Teetering Economy - Newsweek [PAR] Oct 31, 2015 ... Above, the Tibetan spiritual leader speaks during a news ... across the Himalayas 
in 1959, the then-25-year-old monk picked up ... When Chinese soldiers attacked 
Dorjee's group, the fighting spirit of ... If not for the Chushi-Gangdruk, he said, 
His Holiness and no other Tibetans would have escaped Tibet. [DOC] [TLE] Summary/Reviews: Escape from the land of snows : [PAR] On the evening of March 17, 1959, as the people of Tibet braced for a violent 
power ... Dalai Lama, Tibet's political and spiritual leader, contemplated the 
impossible. ... Himalayan passes to freedom--one step ahead of pursuing 
Chinese soldiers. ... horseback escape to India through treacherous mountain 
passes, blizzards,... [DOC] [TLE] Global Nomads: The Emergence of the Tibetan Diaspora (Part I ... [PAR] Sep 2, 2008 ... Since 1959, when Tibet's leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, fled to India, ... out from 
the base of the Tibetan highlands and

Question: When Chinese troops invaded in 1959, this leader escaped through a Himalayan mountain pass
Answer: the Dalai Lama