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Ani Pachen (Tibetan: ཨ་ནེ་དཔའ་ཆེན།; Wylie: A-ne Dpa'-chen) (1933-2002) was a Tibetan Buddhist nun who led her clan in armed rebellion against Chinese invaders. She was captured and spent 21 years as a prisoner. Her name at birth was Pachen Dolma, but she became known as Ani Pachen (translation, "Nun Big Courage") when she became a nun. She led 600 Tibetan resistance fighters on horseback against the tanks of the Chinese Communists, leading to her being nicknamed "The Tibetan Joan of Arc".
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