Tibetan Army

Tibetan Army
དམག་དཔུང་བོད་
Purported flag of the Tibetan Army, c. 1945
Active1913–1959
Country Tibet
RoleArmed forces of Tibet
Sizec. 40,000 (including militias, 1934)[1]
c. 10,000 (1936)[2]
Garrison/HQLhasa, Tibet
EngagementsBai Lang Rebellion
Sino-Tibetan War
Battle of Chamdo
1959 Tibetan uprising
Commanders
Ceremonial chiefDalai Lama
Notable
commanders
13th Dalai Lama (1912–1933)
Tsarong Dazang Dramdul (1912–1925)

The Tibetan Army (Tibetan: དམག་དཔུང་བོད་, Wylie: dmag dpung bod) was the armed forces of Tibet from 1913 to 1959. It was established by the 13th Dalai Lama shortly after he proclaimed the independence of Tibet in 1912, and was modernised with the assistance of British training and equipment. It was dissolved by the Chinese government following the failed 1959 Tibetan uprising.

  1. ^ Jowett (2017), p. 241.
  2. ^ Jowett (2017), p. 246.

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