1932 - US map of China,note how small China was actually before it started forcibly occupying/swallowing other nations

Sumul Sinha,Mandarin speaking diplomat (he was an IFS officer),had warned Nehru about the Chinese plans to takeover Tibet,but was royally
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snubbed (second from left in the photo).

“Had Nehru followed the advice of Sumul Sinha, the Indian official who had warned him about the intentions of communist China, the destiny of the nation could have been different

One does not often pay homage to
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unknown diplomats: Had their advice been followed,the destiny of the nation could, perhaps,have been different. This is the case of Sumul Sinha, the official in-charge of the Indian Mission in lhasa between 1950 & 1952

Five months after forcing a 17-Point
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Agreement on Tibetan delegates (& forging the seals of the lhasa Government),the Chinese People’s liberation Army (PlA) entered the Tibetan capital in Sept 1951
During the first months,the Red generals were pure honey.Sinha witnessed their changing behaviour
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and reported to his bosses in New Delhi.

The young Mandarin-speaking diplomat noted that the Tibetans had started to ‘shed their fears’ and they have again ‘acquired confidence for the future’. Though 11 months earlier, the PlA had brutally smashed an
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ill-prepared and disorganised Tibetan Army in eastern Tibet, perhaps the Chinese were not so bad after all, believed many Tibetans.

Sinha explained to Delhi: “Credit is due to the Chinese [general] who with patience and delicacy are handling the
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problem of leading Tibet into the fold They had struck terror into the hearts of Tibetans,when the offensive began, and it was then essential to pulverise resistance and gain victory
The struggle has begun for the mind & soul of Tibet in ways that r subtle &
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Interesting story from the 1950-52 era. Got to know of this from a twitter feed

This again proves how destructive was congress party to India!

When we choose wrong leaders to lead us this is what happens!!

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