Dalai Lama recalls flight to India ahead of northeast trip
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Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has recalled his 1959 flight to India from Tibet ahead of a visit to northeast India's Arunachal Pradesh state despite objections by China, which considers it a disputed region.
The Dalai Lama said Saturday that he had no option but to escape Tibet in view of Chinese military action. He spoke at a function organized by an Indian newspaper in Gauhati, the capital of Assam state.
He last visited Arunachal Pradesh in 2009. China protested that trip.
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Last month, China warned of "severe damage" to relations with India and increased regional instability if the Dalai Lama proceeds with his April 4-11 trip to the state.