East Asia Nyingchi, South Tibet, a small frontier city can be seen on the mountains from Indian side, occupied by British invaders 100 years ago

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Nyingchi, South Tibet, a small frontier city can be seen on the mountains from Indian side, occupied by British invaders 100 years ago​

Britain once invaded and occupied Nyingchi from India 100 years ago and was repelled, Nyingchi was just one step away from being annexed into British India

 

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This Indian guy climbed over the mountain from the Indian side and checked out Nyingchi from Indian side, A sneak peek

 

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Britain once invaded and occupied Nyingchi from India 100 years ago and was repelled, Nyingchi was just one step away from being annexed into British India

Photos taken by British invaders into Nyingchi in 1903, British troops and its Indian slave army invaded and occupied this region over 100 years ago

 

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Captured Chinese Qing POWs by the British invaders

Nyingchi Tibetan Locals, picture taken by British soldiers

The photographs were taken by John Claude White, an officer during a British campaign in Tibet. It was the first time the British had been given access to the country.

According to the auction news release, "Officially the mission's purpose was to settle a border dispute between Sikkim and Tibet, but it turned into a full-scale invasion with the aim of establishing a strong British presence." Britain's goal was to prevent Russia from gaining power.

The British essentially forced their way into Tibet. And during the expedition, led by Major Francis Younghusband, nearly 700 Tibetan monks were killed at the village of Guru.

 

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Local Tibetans in British colonists' photos

 

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Nyingchi Today, fortunately it came back to China after the British Invasion, but many other parts of South Tibet fell to British invasion and occupation and afterwards being transfered to Indian occupation.

 

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Modern Nyingchi local airport

 

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Nyingchi High Speed Railway Station, world top class high speed railway facilities

 

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