Dharamsala, September 1 – The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) has urged the British Government to tell the world that Tibet was free when its armies invaded it in 1904.
The TYC international president, Mr Kalsang Phuntrok, said that they had put together documents which prove that the Chinese Government has been lying about the status of Tibet all these years. “We have compiled documents relating to the British -Tibetan agreement in 1904 and this document would be formally released at the TYC conference this month,” he said.
The TYC would observe the centenary of the British invasion on Tibet in 1904 and pay homage to the martyrs at the conference.
“The documentary evidence proves that it was not part of China since 13th centuary onwards as has been claimed. In fact, more than 500 armed personnel were pushed into Tibet from India during this war,” he said.
“Besides this particular agreement, there are also a host of other historic instances like the agreement of Tibetan rulers with the King of Punjab and the documents signed by Tibetan officials during Second World War which corroborate our stand on the issue.
It would be a document of less than two pages, along with statements on the British and Chinese governments,” said Mr Phuntrok.
The TYC regional chapters across India, Nepal, Canada and Bhutan would be sending letters to the governments concerned.
