Gyalo Thondup

Dalai’s brother, champion of the Tibet cause, and thukpa | India News

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KALIMPONG: Most residents of Kalimpong, and adjoining Siliguri and Darjeeling, have no clue the thukpa that had been filling their bowls for over half a century came from a factory set up by the Dalai Lama‘s elder brother, a towering spiritual figure among Tibetans, who passed away on Saturday at 97.Way back in 1966-67, Gyalo … Read more

Dalai Lama’s brother, a key figure in Tibet’s fight for freedom, dies in Kalimpong | India News

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KALIMPONG: Gyalo Thondup, the Dalai Lama‘s elder brother who was a towering figure in Tibetan politics and fled China before his sibling did, died Saturday aged 97 at his home in north Bengal’s Kalimpong. “He (Thondup) passed away peacefully due to old age,” said a family member, reports Nisha Chettri.Another family source stressed that Thondup, … Read more