Charles Alfred Bell
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1870 – 1945
Who was Charles Alfred Bell?
Sir Charles Alfred Bell, KCIE was born October 31, 1870 in Calcutta and died March 8, 1945 in Victoria, Canada. He was a British-Indian Tibetologist educated at Winchester College who became known as "British India's ambassador to Tibet." After joining the Indian Civil Service, he was appointed Political Officer in Sikkim in 1908. He soon became very influential in Sikkimese and Bhutanese politics, and in 1910 he met the 13th Dalai Lama, who had been forced into temporary exile by the Chinese. He got to know the Dalai Lama quite well, and later wrote his biography. At various times he was the British Political Officer for Bhutan, Sikkim and Tibet.
In 1913 he participated in the Simla Convention, a treaty between Great Britain, China and Tibet concerning the status of Tibet. Before the summit, he met in Gyantse with Paljor Dorje Shatra, the Tibetan representative to the British Raj at Darjeeling and advised him to bring to Simla with him all documents concerning relations between China and Tibet, as well as Tibetan claims to land occupied by China. Bell was designated to assist the Tibetans in the negotiations, with Archibald Rose assigned to be his counterpart for the Chinese.
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- Born
- 1870
Kolkata - Also known as
- Charles Alfred Sir Bell
- Sir Bell
- Education
- Winchester College
- Died
- 1945
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on July 23, 2013
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