Further evidence that India really covets taking Tibet. South Tibet is disputed territory, but not Tibet in China proper.
Why does the Indian Army need to study Tibetology? Is India planning to conduct military or covert operations in Tibet?
The moment the words 'invasion' and 'sinicization' is mentioned. It's all anti-China bullcrap. Teaching their military officers bullcrap is gonna result in bullcrap. It's just as dangerous as bad intelligence.A statement by Lt Col A S Walia, Press Officer for Defence, Tezpur said, "officers undertook research on subjects such as Tibetan Buddhism, People of Tibet, Sinicization of Tibet and Political system in Tibet before and after 1950". Tibet after 1950 saw dramatic political changes including an invasion by China that led to the Dalai Lama, the top Tibetan spiritual Guru, leaving the region in 1959. Since then, Tibet has seen widespread influx of Han Chinese and sinicization or increased Chinese influence.
Sinicization of Tibet is not new, it's ancient history. India as a country only appeared in 1947. So there no contest. Tibet has been liberated already. They are living the best times that they have ever had. So why would they want to trade that for the return of serf owners, and the Indian caste system?
If Indian troops were to ever enter Tibet proper, they will realize painfully, that they won't be greeted as liberators by the locals. And that will be the real result of India's Tibetology courses for the Indian Army.
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