British expedition to Tibet

The British expedition to Tibet, also known as the Younghusband expedition, began in December 1903 and lasted until September 1904. The expedition was effectively a temporary invasion by British Indian Armed Forces under the auspices of the Tibet Frontier Commission, whose purported mission was to establish diplomatic relations and resolve the dispute over the border between Tibet and Sikkim. In the nineteenth century, the British had conquered Burma and Sikkim, with the whole southern flank of Tibet coming under the control of the British Indian Empire. Tibet was ruled by the 13th Dalai Lama under the Ganden Phodrang government as a Himalayan state nominally under the protectorate of the Chinese Qing dynasty until the 1911 Revolution, after which a period of de facto Tibetan independence (1912–1951) followed.

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1903 — 1904  Wikimedia, Wikidata
British invasion in 1904; Younghusband expedition
military campaign, Frederick Marshman Bailey, military expedition, Charles Henry Dudley Ryder, invasion, Francis Younghusband, 

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1903 — 1904 British expedition to Tibet

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Younghusband-team-1904

Phari Dzong in 1903

FrancisYounghusband

Phari Dzong in 1903 (cropped)

Kampa Dzong, Tibet 1904 John C. White RESTORED

Kampa Dzong, Tibet 1904 John C. White RESTORED (cropped)

Gubchi Dzong

Meeting with tibetans

English expedition to Tibet, 1904

Dalai Lama leaving Lhassa,1904

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1903	British expedition to Tibet	Francis Younghusband, invasion, Frederick Marshman Bailey, Charles Henry Dudley Ryder, military campaign, military expedition	Wikidata
commons	image		Younghusband-team-1904		Commons
commons	image		Phari Dzong in 1903		Commons
commons	image		FrancisYounghusband		Commons
commons	image		Phari Dzong in 1903 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Kampa Dzong, Tibet 1904 John C. White RESTORED		Commons
commons	image		Kampa Dzong, Tibet 1904 John C. White RESTORED (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Gubchi Dzong		Commons
commons	image		Meeting with tibetans		Commons
commons	image		English expedition to Tibet, 1904		Commons
commons	image		Dalai Lama leaving Lhassa,1904		Commons