In exile, the Tibetan
Government has been reorganized according to modern democratic principles.
It administers all matters pertaining to Tibetans in exile, including the
re-establishment, preservation and development of Tibetan culture and education,
and leads the struggle for the restoration of Tibet's freedom. The Tibetan
people, both inside and outside Tibet, consider their Government in Exile
based in Dharamsala, North India, to be the sole legitimate government
of Tibet. |
Following the 1959 Chinese
invasion and occupation, Tibetans faced the destruction of their culture
and religion (of the country's 6,259 monasteries, nunneries and temples,
all but eight have been destroyed). They had a duty which transcended the
need to keep body and soul together; they had a duty to nurture a whole
civilization in exile.
With help from several concerned
governments, organisations and philanthropic individuals, and the sheer
tenacity of the Tibetans themselves, they have achieved today what might
have seemed impossible 40 years ago when they first set foot on Indian
soil.
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