Taktra Rinpoche
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Ngawang Sungrab Thutob was the third Taktra Rinpoche
Taktra Rinpoche
Ngawang Sungrab Thutob was the third Taktra Rinpoche, Wylie transliteration: sTag-brag pandita and regent of Tibet.He was responsible for raising and educating the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso....

, Wylie transliteration
Wylie transliteration
The Wylie transliteration scheme is a method for transliterating Tibetan script using only the letters available on a typical English language typewriter. It bears the name of Turrell V. Wylie, who described the scheme in an article, A Standard System of Tibetan Transcription, published in 1959...

: sTag-brag pandita and regent of Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...

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He was responsible for raising and educating the 14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama is the 14th and current Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are the most influential figures in the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, although the 14th has consolidated control over the other lineages in recent years...

, Tenzin Gyatso.

As a regent he succeeded the fifth Reting Rinpoche
Reting Rinpoche
Reting Rinpoche is the title held by abbots of Reting Monastery, a Buddhist monastery in central Tibet. The identity of the present Reting Rinpoche is contested.-History of the lineage:...

, Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen
Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen
Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen, aka Thupten Jampel Yishey Gyantsen, was a Tibetan tulku and the fifth Reting Rinpoche.-Life:...

, at the beginning of 1941, with whom he got into conflict later. The Reting Rinpoche rebelled, got captured and lost life in the prison under the Potala Palace
Potala Palace
The Potala Palace is located in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It was named after Mount Potala, the abode of Chenresig or Avalokitesvara...

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Mass media in China claims that he's responsible for the death of Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen
Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen
Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen, aka Thupten Jampel Yishey Gyantsen, was a Tibetan tulku and the fifth Reting Rinpoche.-Life:...

, who was the teacher of 14th Dalai Lama. They praise Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen to be who love the country and the religion while evaluate Ngawang Sungrab Thutob to be "pro-Britain pro-Slavery spearatist".

4th Taktra

In 1955 (or 1954), the 4th Taktra or Dagzhag (单增格列, 丹增格列 or 丹增赤烈) born. He was recognized by the Chinese government and Dalai Lama in 1958 (or 1957). His name was given by 14th Dalai Lama. One or two years later, Dalai Lama fled to India.

Ironically, even though mass media in China evaluate Ngawang Sungrab Thutob natively, 4th Taktra became a member of the 6th concil of the Buddhist Association of China
Buddhist Association of China
The Buddhist Association of China is a major organization of Chinese Buddhism, which serves as the official supervisory organ of Buddhism in the People's Republic of China...

and the Vice President of Tibetan Subassociation of Buddhist Association of China. He then call the Dalai Lama as "Dalai Group" and blame them:
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