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Tsering Dolma

1919 – 1964

Tibetan humanitarian

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About Tsering Dolma

Lived 1919 – 1964 (aged 44–45). Tsering Dolma was a Tibetan and Chinese politician.

Tsering Dolma (, 1919 – 21 November 1964) was the founder of the non-profit refugee organisation Tibetan Children's Villages and was the older sister of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzing Gyatso.

Biography Tsering Dolma was the eldest daughter of a farming and horse trading family living in the hamlet of Taktser. She was the eldest sister of the 14th Dalai Lama, and acted as a midwife to her mother during his birth in 1935 when she was 16 years old.

She married Taklha Puntsok Tashi, a Tibetan politician in 1937 and they moved to Lhasa in 1940. She was part of the 1950 Tibetan delegation to India who met with Jawaharlal Nehru, and she also formed part of a 1954 delegation to Beijing to meet with Mao Zedong and the National People's Congress. There, she also worked with international volunteers from Service Civil International.

Tsering Dolma died in England in 1964.

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1919
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National People's Congress deputy

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Who was Tsering Dolma?

Tibetan humanitarian

When was Tsering Dolma born?

Tsering Dolma was born in 1919.

When did Tsering Dolma die?

Tsering Dolma died on 21 November 1964 in London.

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Tsering Dolma was a politician.

What nationality was Tsering Dolma?

Tsering Dolma was Tibetan and Chinese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Tsering Dolma

· Wikidata: Q3541491

· DBpedia: Tsering Dolma

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