Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c14.s4.t32.2

v2.c14.s4.t32.2

Pratap first entered China in 1925 when the tide of anti-imperialist sentiment in China was in the ascendant. Over the course of several visits to China in the 1920s and 1930s, he met and interacted with a wide variety of Chinese political figures, including Soong Ching-ling (Mme Sun Yat-sen), Sun Fo, Feng Yuxiang and others, many of whom he considered to be his friends. A fiery orator, he seems to have been in demand as a speaker in China and appears to have received a sympathetic hearing from his audiences. On two occasions, at least, he attempted to take a mission to Tibet from hinterland of China, as part of his campaign to get support from Tibet for his plan to march on India with an armed force to liberate the country from colonial rule. However, Pratap did not succeed in getting to Lhasa.