In the 1950s, a large part of Tibet had been forcefully acquired by the Chinese. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 after a Tibetan uprising against the Chinese rule failed.

He also established a democratically based shadow Tibetan government in Dharamshala. However, the question of Dalai Lama’s succession bothers thousands of Tibetans who have made their home in McLeodganj, nicknamed ‘little Lhasa’.

Reporting: Suhasini Haidar
Videos: Suhasini Haidar and Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Production: Gayatri Menon
Voiceover: Sharmada Venkatasubramanian

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