Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa

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Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa (1908-1989) was a Tibetan scholar.[1]

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[edit] Biography

Tsepon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa, a Tibetan scholar and former minister, died of a cancer of the stomach in 1989 in the house of one of his sons in Corpus Christi, Tex. He was 82 and lived in New Delhi and Manhattan.

M. Shakabpa, was born in Tibet, and joined the Tibet Government at the age of 23 and was the Minister of Finance from 1939 to 1951.

In 1948, the Cabinet (Kashag) sent a Tibetan delegation driven by Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa, minister of the finances of Tibet, in particular in the United States for commercial negotiations. In addition, Tsepon Shakapa received a visa on his passport in 1947 for commercial exchanges, he went in China, India, England, USA, Italy, Switzerland and France[2]. According to the Tibetan Government in Exile, this passport illustrates that Tibet was an independent country.

When the PRC entered Tibet in 1951, Shakabpa moved to India where, until 1966, he was the principal representative of the 14th Dalai Llama in New Delhi.

Mr. Shakabpa is the author of several books, including "Tibet: A Political History published in 1967 by the Yale University Press.[3]

[edit] Passeport found in 2003

In 2003, the Tibetan passport of Shakabpa was discovered in Nepal. Issued by the 13th Dalai Lama to Tibet's finance minister Shakabpa for foreign travel, the passport was a single piece of pink paper, complete with photograph, and had visas issued by many countries, including Britain. It has a message in typed English and hand-written Tibetan, similar to the message by the nominal issuing officers of today's passports. There is no Chinese on the passport, but two stamps could be official Chinese seals, or they could be Chinese entry stamps.[4] The existence of this passport, which is believed to be genuine, is used by pro-Tibetan independence groups to demonstrate the recognised independence of Tibet in the early 1900s.

[edit] See also

The 17-Point Agreement, The full story as revealed by the Tibetans and Chinese who were involved (1950-1951 : implication of Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa in the 17 points agreement)

[edit] References

  1. ^ A Saint in Seattle The Life of the Tibetan Mystic Dezhung Rinpoche
  2. ^ SHAKABPA'S PASSPORT FOUND
  3. ^ Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa, Tibetan Scholar, 82
  4. ^ Crumpled passport ‘proves’ Tibet independence claim - Times Online

Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa Tibet: A Political History (1967), Yale University Press, New Haven and London.

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