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Paljor Thondup
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Paljor Thondup was a Tibetan freedom fighter in the battle against the Chinese invasion of Tibet in the early 1950s. Thondup escaped to Nepal with other Tibetan refugees in 1959 once the Dalai Lama had been forced to flee Tibet into exile in India. After losing his family in a treacherous ambush, though compelled by tribal custom to seek revenge even at the cost of his life, Thondup instead was inspired by his dying father and later by the Dalai Lama to respond by continuing to help the Tibetan cause in a positive way, defeating hatred with compassion. Thondup eventually relocated to New Mexico and became a successful businessman. In 1980, he founded Project Tibet, which rendered humanitarian and educational relief to Tibetan communities inside Tibet as well as to refugees in India and Nepal. Thondup established the Tibetan Association of Santa Fe and served on the Board of Directors of the International Campaign for Tibet.Paljor Thondup Books
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