Jawan who escorted Dalai Lama to India in 1959 felicitated
The Assam Rifles on Tuesday felicitated its retired jawan, Naren Chandra Das (76), who had escorted the Dalai Lama during his escape from Tibet in 1959. Das is the only surviving jawan among the 8 Assam Rifles men who had escorted the Tibetan spiritual leader. Recently, the Dalai Lama had met Das at the 'Namami Brahmaputra' festival in Guwahati.