Thubten Jigme Norbu
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| Death | 17 years ago |
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| Date of birth | August 16,1922 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Taktser |
| China | |
| Date of died | September 5,2008 |
| Died | Bloomington |
| Indiana | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Kunyang Norbu |
| Children | Kunga Norbu |
| Lhundrup Norbu | |
| Jigme Norbu | |
| Books | Tibet: A Handbook |
| Tibet | |
| Tibet: Its History, Religion and People | |
| Parents | Diki Tsering |
| Choekyong Tsering | |
| Siblings | Tsering Dolma |
| Gyalo Thondup | |
| Lobsang Samden | |
| Tenzin Choegyal | |
| Jetsun Pema | |
| 14th Dalai Lama | |
| Nationality | American |
| Chinese | |
| Tibetan | |
| Date of Reg. | |
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| ID | 1361096 |
Thubten Jigme Norbu Life story
Thubten Jigme Norbu, recognised as the Taktser Rinpoche, was a Tibetan lama, writer, civil rights activist and professor of Tibetan studies and was the eldest brother of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. He was one of the first high-profile Tibetans to go into exile and was the first to settle in the United States.