 The History of Tibet - From 1912 to 1949
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Updated: 2008-05-06 15:57
From 1912 to 1949 A.D.
The Government of the Republic of China Maintaining Its Sovereignty over Tibet
After the founding of the Republic of China in 1912, the government declared the unification of the Han, Manchu, Mongol, Hui and Tibetan races and the integration of the territory. It is stipulated in the Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China: "The territory of the Republic of China is made of 22 provinces, Inner Mongolia, outer Mongolia, Tibet and Qinghai.” In the same year, authorized by the Provisional President of the government of the Republic of China, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama was re-conferred upon the title of "Loyal and Submissive Great Benevolent Self-subsisting Buddha of Western Paradise” . In the following year, the Ninth Panchen was conferred upon the title of “Loyalty and Submission". In 1929 A.D., the government of the Republic of China strengthened its administration on affairs in Mongolian and Tibetan regions, setting up the Commission on Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs According to historical conventions, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama and the Ninth Panchen continued to keep contacts with the Central Government. As representatives, Tibetan secular and religious officials attended the National Congress successively held in 1931, 1936 and 1946 and the Ninth Panchen and a group of Tibetan renowned Tibetan personnel were appointed as officials of the Central Government.
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