Jamyang norbu biography of barack
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Jamyang norbu biography of barack
Jamyang Norbu
Jamyang Norbu | |
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| Born | 1949 Tibet |
| Known for | Activist for Tibetan independence |
| Spouse | Tenzing Chounzom |
| Children | 2 |
Jamyang Norbu (Tibetan: འཇམ་དབྱངས་ནོར་བུ་, Wylie: ‘jam-dbyangs nor-bu) is a Tibetan political activist and writer, currently living in the United States, having previously lived for over 40 years as a Tibetan exile in India.
Biography
Norbu attended St. Joseph's School in Darjeeling, India.[1] As a teenager, he dropped out of school[2] and ran away from home to join the Tibetan guerrilla group Chushi Gangdruk, which operated from Mustang in Nepal.[3]
He is the creator of the ubiquitous Rangtsen Lakdheb or ‘Independence Handbook’ (Tibetan: རང་བཙན་ལག་དེབ་, Wylie: rang-btsan-lag-deb) carried by most Tibetans in-exile.
Also commonly referred to as the Green Book, it has been a long-standing and critical source of funding since its 1972 inception for the Tibetan government in-exile to