Khamber Jong also called Gamba,[1] Kampa, or Khampa Dzong is a Tibetan hamlet north of Sikkim.[2] In June 1903, Colonel Francis Younghusband, serving as British commissioner to Tibet, led a diplomatic mission having five officers and 500 troops through Nathu La to Khamber Jong.[3] The objective of the mission was to meet Chinese and Tibetan representatives and discuss mutual non-aggression and trade agreements. After being kept waiting for five months before the Chinese and Tibetan representatives arrived, the mission was recalled.[4]
The abbot of Shigatse had been sent by the 9th Panchen Lama to meet the British diplomatic mission at Khampa Dzong.[5]
It is reported as the capital of the district during the British Mount Everest Expedition 1922.[6]
The traditional Tibetan carpet making is thought to have originated from Khampa Dzong.[7][8]