Early life and Responsilibity

His His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the age of four at Kumbum Monastery, Amdo, 1940
Oil painting of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the time of enthronement at Potala Palace, Lhasa, 1940
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was called upon to assume full political power when he was just 16 year old, 17 November 1950
His Holiness the Dalai Lama' entourage and caravan during his escape to Dromo (Yatung) from Lhasa, following Chinese invasion threat, 1950
His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving the Lord Buddh's Sacred Relics at Dungkar Monastery, Dromo (Yatung), 1951
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama with Chinese leaders during their visit to China in 1954
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama with Chinese leaders during their visit to China in 1954
His Holiness the Dalai Lama with his tutors Ling Rinpoche and Trijang Rinpoche in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India, 1956
His Holiness the Dalai Lama giving Geshe Lharampa Degree (Doctorate) examination during Monlam Festival, Drepung Monastic University, Lhasa, 1959
The interim government of Tibet being proclaimed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Lhuntse Dzong, Tibet, 1959
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his entourage during their escape to India, 1959
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his entourage after crossing the Indian border, 1959
His Holiness the Dalai Lama being received by Indian officials on the Tibet-India border, 1959
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s first press conference in India, in Mussorie, 1959, repudiating the 17 Point Agreement which was signed under duress in Beijing, on 23rd May 1951
His Holiness the Dalai Lama watches women clearing-up tree roots for agricultural purposes in one of the Tibetan settlements in South India, 1960’s
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, during the inauguration function of the first Tibetan school in Mussoorie, 3 March 1960
His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressing the public during Tibetan Democracy Day, Dharamshala, 1970
His Holiness the Dalai Lama presiding over the XI Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Dharamshala, 1994