Tibetan Communist Party was a small socialist group in Tibet

Tibet

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, which functioned in secrecy under various names. The group was founded by Phuntsok Wangyal

Phuntsok Wangyal

Phuntsok Wangyal Goranangpa, also known as Phuntsog Wangyal, Bapa Phuntsok Wangyal or Phünwang, is a Tibetan politician born in 1922 in Batang, in the province of Kham, Eastern Tibet...

 and Ngawang Kesang in the 1940s. It had emerged out of a group called the "Tibetan Democratic Youth League" created by Wangyal and other Tibetan students in Nanjing

Nanjing

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 in the 1940s.

The part sought to unite all Tibetans into one entity, compassing Kham

Kham

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, Amdo

Amdo

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 and Tibet proper. The party contacted the embassy of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 asking for its assistance as it began planning a socialist uprising in Tibet and Kham. Later Wangyal also contacted the Communist Party of China

Communist Party of China

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 and the Communist Party of India

Communist Party of India

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.

The Tibetan communists prepared guerrilla struggles against KMT forces, whilst promoting democratic reforms inside Tibet.

In 1949, the party merged into the Communist Party of China

Communist Party of China

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, at a time when the 1931 Constitution of the CCP

CCP

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gave non-Chinese territories nominally under suzerainty of the former Qing Empire, such as Tibet, the right to independence and secession.