Summary
QUESTION What were the reasons for Britain invading Tibet in 1903?
THROUGHOUT the 19th and early 20th centuries, British diplomacy and foreign policy in central Asia was dominated by what was known as The Great Game - countering Russian influence in the states and areas bordering British-controlled India.See the full content of this document
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Fatal Chinese Whispers ; Answers to Correspondents
In 1902, a secret agent told the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, that Russia was interfering in Tibetan affairs, threatening to gain a foothold there.
Curzon informed the India Office in London that Tibet had decided on war with India, relying on Russian and Chinese support.He sent Major Francis Younghusband to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, to negotiate with th...See the full content of this document
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