It was he who secured then Prime Minister Nehru’s assent to political asylum for the Dalai Lama when the younger brother fled from Tibet to India in 1959. When the Dalai Lama slipped out of Lhasa in 1959 with the objective of fleeing to India, Thondup was not absolutely sure of the details. After the Dalai Lama too entered India through Tawang in 1959, Thondup travelled to Tezpur in Assam to meet him. Did the Dalai Lama also learn to make noodles? The factory, which employs between 12 and 20 workers, produces 300 to 400kg of noodles every day.

Source: The Telegraph May 05, 2019 22:07 UTC