Tibet was India’s actual neighbour, as most of India’s boundaries and the 3500 Km LAC is with the Tibetan Autonomous Region, and not the rest of China. In 1914, it was Tibetan representatives , along with the Chinese that signed the Simla convention with British India that delineated boundaries. In 1954, India signed an agreement with China, agreeing to recognise Tibet as Tibet region of China.
Former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Lal Nehru gave him and Tibetan refugees shelter, and helped in setting up the Tibetan government in exile. China’s full accession of Tibet in 1950, that China repudiated the convention and the Mac Mohan line that divided the two countries.
The official Indian Policy is that the Dalai Lama is a spiritual leader, and the Tibetan community in India, with more than a lakh exiles, is not allowed to undertake any political activity.
In the event of increasing tensions between India and China, there has been a shift in India’s Tibet Policy. This shift in the policy, earmarks the Indian government actively managing with the Dalai Lama in public forums. Recently, the Prime Minister of India wished the Dalai Lama in the first such public acknowledgement since 2013, the first time as PM.
Tibet India relations are said to have begun during the spread of Buddhism to Tibet from India during the 6th Century AD. In 1959, the Dalai Lama fled to India after the failed 1959 Tibetan uprising.
As India China tensions grow and turn violent after the Galwan valley clash, China has begun to raise Tibetan Militia groups. The Indian Army trains the Tibetan Special Frontier Force, which could lead to Tibetans fighting each other in the future. The Indian government doesn’t give citizenship to Tibetans born in India after the cut off year of 1987.
This has created a sence of dissatisfaction amongst the youth of the Tibetan community. The Dalai Lama asserts that his successor could be a living incarnation, in a specific area in India or even in an other country like Taiwan.
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