Dalai Lama's last-surviving bodyguard, who escorted him to India in 1959, dies in US

Anen Dawa, the last surviving personal bodyguard of the Dalai Lama, who escorted him during the 1959 escape to India, died on December 27 aged 83 in Minnesota, US. Dawa was only 15 when he joined the Dalai Lama's personal army. After arriving in India, he accompanied the Dalai Lama to Mussoorie. He later served in the Central Tibetan Administration.