The elder brother of the Dalai Lama and former chairman of the exiled Tibetan government in India, Gyalo Thondup, who led several rounds of talks with China and worked with foreign governments for the ...

By Ali Watkins Gyalo Thondup, the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama and a political operator in Tibet and the greater region, has died, the Dalai Lama’s office confirmed in a statement.

China hopes the Dalai Lama can "return to the right path" and is open to discussions about the Nobel Peace laureate's future ...

Gyalo Thondup, the elder brother of the Dalai Lama and a pivotal figure in Tibet’s political struggle, passed away at the age of 97 at his home in Kalimpong, West Bengal, on February 8th evening.

NEW DELHI (AP) — The elder brother of the Dalai Lama and former chairman of the exiled Tibetan government in India, Gyalo Thondup, who led several rounds of talks with China and worked with ...

China hopes the Dalai Lama can "return to the right path," and is open to discussions about his future as long as certain ...

Gyalo Thondup was born in 1928, more than three decades before the 1959 revolt in Lhasa against Chinese forces, whose crushing forced the Dalai Lama across snowy Himalayan passes into India.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. During a recent trip to the Indian Himalayas, my husband and I found ourselves in McLeod Ganj, home to the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and ...