Chushi Gangdruk
| Chushi Gangdruk | |
|---|---|
| ཆུ་བཞི་སྒང་དྲུག་ | |
| Military leader | Adruktsang Gonpo Tashi |
| Foundation | 16th June 1958 |
| Dissolved | 1974 |
| Motives | Tibetan nationalism, opposition to communism and Chinese rule in Tibet |
| Headquarters | Driguthang, Lhoka Tsona, Lhoka Lhagyari, Lhoka Mustang, Nepal |
| Active regions | Tibet Nepal |
| Status | Dissolved |
| Means of revenue | CIA Tibetan program |
| Allies | United States |
| Opponents | China |
| Website | Archived 2001-03-02 at the Wayback Machine |
Chushi Gangdruk (Tibetan: ཆུ་བཞི་སྒང་དྲུག་, Wylie: Chu bzhi sgang drug, lit. 'Four Rivers, Six Ranges') was a Tibetan guerrilla force formed in 1958 to defend Buddhism from communist Chinese forces and ideology. With support from the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), its members engaged in political, military, and propaganda operations against the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. After the 1959 Tibetan uprising, they assisted the flight of the 14th Dalai Lama to India, and the leader of the group was subsequently promoted by him. Chushi Gangdruk continued its operations from Nepal until 1974 when CIA funding for the program was terminated following the rapprochement between China and the U.S. under President Richard Nixon.