British expedition to Tibet

When

Dec 1903 – Sep 1904

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

26.09° N, 89.28° E

Description

expedition to and invasion of Tibet 1903-1904

1903–1904 military expedition

The British expedition to Tibet, also known as the Younghusband expedition, began in December 1903 and lasted until September 1904. The expedition was effectively a temporary invasion by British Indian Armed Forces under the auspices of the Tibet Frontier Commission, whose purported mission was to establish diplomatic relations and resolve the dispute over the border between Tibet and Sikkim.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “British expedition to Tibet: The Battle of Guru – British troops under Colonel Francis Younghusband defeat ill-equipped Tibetan troops”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beginn des Britischen Tibetfeldzugs”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le Tibet, pratiquement libéré de la suzeraineté chinoise, est envahi par les Britanniques du colonel Francis Younghusband”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page