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Why was Lhamo Thondup’s family held for ransom before traveling to Lhasa?
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14th Dalai Lama
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, 2008.
After Lhamo Thondup was identified and proclaimed the 14th Dalai Lama, he and his family were held for ransom by a powerful Chinese warlord. The Tibetan government ultimately paid the ransom, allowing the child and his family to proceed on their journey to Lhasa for his enthronement in 1940.1