By Ali Watkins Gyalo Thondup, the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama and a political operator in Tibet and the greater region, has died, the Dalai Lama’s office confirmed in a statement.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Gyalo Thondup, elder brother of the Dalai Lama, speaks to media in Dharamshala, India, Nov. 19, 2008. (AP ...

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Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Tuesday he was "deeply saddened" and was offering prayers for those killed in a devastating earthquake in China's remote Himalayan region.

Thondup died at his home in Kalimpong, a hill town in the Himalayan foothills of eastern West Bengal state, on Saturday evening, media reports said.

NEW DELHI (AP) — The elder brother of the Dalai Lama and former chairman of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, Gyalo Thondup, who led several rounds of talks with China and worked with ...

Gyalo Thondup, the elder brother of the Dalai Lama and a pivotal figure in Tibet’s political struggle, passed away at the age of 97 at his home in Kalimpong, West Bengal, on February 8th evening.

NEW DELHI (AP) — The elder brother of the Dalai Lama and former chairman of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, Gyalo Thondup, who led several rounds of talks with China and worked with foreign ...

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