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11th Dalai Lama

1838 - 1856

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The 11th Dalai Lama, Khedrup Gyatso (1 November 1838 – 31 January 1856) was recognized by the Ganden Tripa as the 11th Dalai Lama of Tibet and enthroned in 1842. He enlarged the Norbulingka, studied at Sera Monastery, Drepung Monastery and Ganden Monastery, and taught students. He was recognised as the 11th Dalai Lama in 1841, after being born in Garthang near Dartsedo, the same village where the 7th Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso was born in 1708. He was taken to Lhasa and in 1842, the 7th Panchen Lama, Lobzang Tenpai Nyima, gave him refuge vows, cut his hair and gave him the name of Khedrup Gyatso. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. 11th Dalai Lama is the 1,171st most popular religious figure (down from 990th in 2019), the 395th most popular biography from China (down from 375th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Chinese Religious Figure.

The 11th Dalai Lama is most famous for being the Dalai Lama when Tibet was invaded by China.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, 11th Dalai Lama ranks 1,171 out of 3,187. Before him are Arsenius the Great, Jakob Ammann, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Jeanne Guyon, Shemon Bar Sabbae, and Abo of Tiflis. After him are Rose of Viterbo, Hugh of Cluny, Eugène de Mazenod, Henry, Caesarius of Arles, and Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, 11th Dalai Lama ranks 27. Before him are Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Vladimir Markovnikov, Yamagata Aritomo, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, and Prince Louis, Count of Trani. After him are Konstanty Kalinowski, James Craig Watson, Marià Fortuny, Ōkuma Shigenobu, William Henry Perkin, and Fredrik Idestam. Among people deceased in 1856, 11th Dalai Lama ranks 18. Before him are Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Wilhelm von Biela, Théodore Chassériau, and Manuela Sáenz. After him are Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, David d'Angers, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Farkas Bolyai, Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa.

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In China

Among people born in China, 11th Dalai Lama ranks 395 out of 1,610. Before him are Princess Wencheng (628), J. G. Ballard (1930), Huang Chao (801), Emperor Shang of Han (105), Emperor Yuan of Jin (276), and Emperor Zhi of Han (138). After him are Terence Young (1915), Wang Yi (1953), Jin Youzhi (1918), Zhu Wen (852), Emperor Shun of Han (115), and Liang Qichao (1873).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In China

Among religious figures born in China, 11th Dalai Lama ranks 7. Before him are 14th Dalai Lama (1935), 13th Dalai Lama (1876), Huineng (638), Je Tsongkhapa (1357), Yijing (635), and Joseph Zen (1932). After him are Dazu Huike (487), Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (1901), Bao Xishun (1951), Shaohao (null), Rabban Bar Sauma (1220), and Jianzhen (688).

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