Did the Dalai lama escape Lhasa and Tibet on the Lhasa River?

AI is wonderful in the sense that I can find out more about what actually happened on March 17th 1959 as the Dalai Lama and Geshela and everyone else that actually survived and didn't die during this trip to India in how they made it still alive to the India border and how the Indian Government then Gave the Dalai Lama Dharamshala as a place to put the Tibetan Government in Exile ever since then. I was in Dharamshala where the Dalai lama then lived with around 10,000 Tibetan Refugees then in 1986 when I was there for a month or two with my famiiy. We stayed first at the Kailash Hotel there and then later at the Green Hotel too in January 1986 and possibly into February some too.

 

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No, the 14th Dalai Lama did not begin his escape on the Lhasa River itself, but rather departed from the Norbulingka Palace in Lhasa on foot and headed toward the nearby Kyichu River (Lhasa River / Kyi Chu) where he crossed it using skin coracles and a ferry. 

The Start of the Journey

Departure Date: Night of March 17, 1959.
Disguise: Dressed as a common soldier with a rifle and a pulled-down cap.
The Crossing: He slipped past crowds surrounding the Norbulingka Palace and proceeded to the banks of the Kyichu (Kyi Chu) River, where his small party regrouped to cross. 

If you want to know more, let me know:

• Details about the crossing points like the Ramagang ferry
• The route through the Himalayas into India

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