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113: 570: 159:'s forces had previously annexed Ladakh and invaded Tibet in 1841. The British deemed it important to formalise the boundary so as to prevent any future conflicts. However, the Tibetan authorities did not participate. Neither was the commission given permission to enter Tibet. The commission based itself at 217:, Cape Town. Their only child was Julia Charlotte, who in 1884 married barrister William Chance (2 July 1853 – 9 April 1935), son of James Timmins Chance of the glassmaking company 247:"Narration of a Journey to Cho Lagan, (Rakas Tal), Cho Mapan (Manasarowar), and the valley of Pruang in Gnari, Hundes, in September and October 1846", 604: 163:, Ladakh. It eventually drafted a description of the boundary and retired. In 1848 Strachey was the first European to find the 140: 535: 457: 432: 404: 379: 347: 322: 112: 297: 101: 574: 89: 287: 132:. He found a channel between the lakes, suggesting that Manasarovar, and not Rakshastal, was the source of the 614: 97: 599: 477: 190: 136:. Strachey's brother Richard, with J. E. Winterbottom, continued the exploration of the lakes in 1848. 148: 609: 222: 170:
In 1849, Henry Strachey and his brother Richard Strachey briefly entered Tibet by following the
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Across Peaks and Passes in Ladakh, Zanskar and East Karakoram
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In 1847 Strachey was appointed to a boundary commission of
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The Pundits: British Exploration of Tibet and Central Asia
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Imagining Tibet: Perceptions, Projections, and Fantasies
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He was the second son of Edward Strachey, second son of
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The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 17
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Extensive explorations and surveys in Western Tibet
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Index

Patron's Medal
British officer
Bengal Army
Tibet
Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet
Sir Richard Strachey
Sir John Strachey
Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet

66th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
Manasarovar
Rakshastal
Sutlej River
Jammu and Kashmir
Alexander Cunningham
Thomas Thomson
Ladakh
Gulab Singh
Leh
Siachen Glacier
Niti Pass
Garhwal
Tholing Monastery
Hanle
Royal Geographical Society
Patron's Medal
66th Goorkha Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
Newlands
Claremont
Chance Brothers

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