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A garpon is historically a local or regional leader in Tibet and parts of Ladakh who has command and prominence over a district or area. He is highly regarded by the people and respected as a governor although his power and authority is informal in a given area. Ultimate leadership and spiritual leadership in Tibet was always given centrally to the Dalai Lama in the capital of Lhasa. Garpons were usually regarded as localized ministers to maintain district order. However with the Chinese invasion of 1949 with Tibet now under the control of the People's Republic of China, the rulership of local district garpons has diminished somewhat in the Tibet Autonomous Region. Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield has cited that in Ladakh there was often a Senior Garpon and a Junior Garpon.[1]

In the film Seven Years in Tibet (1997 film), a garpon in western Tibet was played by Samdup Dhargyal and was cited as being the eminent ruler of the province.

References

  1. ^ Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, Past Imperative (1966)