Pictures of Lhasa-Khazis past and present His Holiness blessing a Tibetan Muslim family at Dharamsala, March 2000. The "Lhasa-Kache" delegation at Kalimpong in the traditional dress to receive HH, the Dalai Lama in first visit to the town after exile. Note the headgears - symbolic of the Kashmiri lineage. Faizullah Chisti [seated first left] in Kalimpong who was the prime architect in rehabilitating the TM refugees in India with Government of India’ help. [1957 circa] Faizullah Chisti [left] and Faizullah Baba [right]. These two namesakes and in-laws played the major roles in the exodus and subsequent re-settlement in India. While Baba, alongwith others led the TM in 1959-60 runaway from Chinese hostility; Chisti already in Kalimpong [India] and in touch with the Indian Government helped in the rehabilitation Program. circa 1955. New found fashion! a group of young TM migrant ladies in the fashionable town of Kalimpong. circa 1965. The TM students studying in India [pre-1959] in transit at Kalimpong and on their way back to School in Delhi after spending the holiday in Lhasa, circa 1955. Faizullah Chisti with his family in Darjeeling [India]. Chisti left Lhasa sometime in late fifties and settled in Kalimpong. During 1959-60 exodus, he was of immense help in the safe passage and subsequent rehabilitation. My mother in Lhasa [1957] with her children. She was the only daughter of the "Goma Khang-sa" family of Lhasa. "10-Mile" - the famous Tibetan place in Kalimpong [India] which housed many Tibetan refugees. Lhasa-Khache at Kalimpong with the ex-Khache-Pompo of Lhasa.   The students of Delhi! Extreme hot in Delhi; Extreme cold in Lhasa. Two sisters proud of their Lhasa jewellery. Most of the families, post-1959 India sold out these valuable jewellery at cheap prices to sustain their living. Today, few these authentic pieces. Annual Function of "Tibetti School" in Srinagar [J&K], early sixties. The venue is shifted, but the tradition continues. The youth who had the previlege of studying in India and represented the modern secular part of the Tibetan Muslim csociety. A Lhasa Khache marriage in process in India. Note the bearded person with white head gear, who is the "Kazi" and a non-TM. Although, TM marriages are as per Islamic norms but the post-marriage ritual merrymaking is Tibetan. The Khasa-Kache elderly women compare notes in a get together. These women or their women ancestry were Tibetans Buddhists and converted to Islam after marrying the Kashmiri merchants. Thus, they were the facilitators of Tibetan culture in every TM home. One will find "Tibetaness" in the womenfolk more than the men.  The Lhasa-Khache School's Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony in Lhasa, sometime in mid fifties. The program is held in Lhasa- Khache's favorite venue called, "Chanda-gan".              [ Homepage ] [ Tibetan Muslim ] This site is maintained and updated by The Office of Tibet, the official agency of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in London. This Web page may be linked to any other Web sites. Contents may not be altered. Last updated: 7-Dec-2000