When did the Dalai Lama settle in Dharamshala?

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Steep, green slopes with dense trees rise on both sides of a narrow valley in Kullu Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India, with mist and clouds partially obscuring the peaks. — Himachal Pradesh The valley of the gods, Kullu Valley, central Himachal Pradesh, India.

The 14th Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 following a popular uprising against Chinese rule. While he arrived in India that same year, he formally established his government-in-exile in Dharamshala—a city in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh—in 1960.123