| Tibetan Communist Party | |
| Colorcode: | Red |
| Leader: | Phuntsok Wangyal |
| Dissolved: | 1949 |
| Merged: | Chinese Communist Party |
| Position: | Far-left |
| Country: | Tibet |
| Ibox-Order: | bo, zh |
| Tib: | བོད་གུང་ཁྲན་ཏང |
| Wylie: | bod gung khran tang |
| Thdl: | bö gung tren tang |
| T: | 西藏共產黨 |
| S: | 西藏共产党 |
| P: | Xīzàng Gòngchǎndǎng |
The Tibetan Communist Party was a small communist party in Tibet which functioned in secrecy under various names. The group was founded by Phuntsok Wangyal and Ngawang Kesang in 1943. It emerged from a group called the Tibetan Democratic Youth League, formed by Wangyal and other Tibetan students in Lhasa in 1939.[1] [2]
The party sought to establish an independent and socialist Tibet encompassing the three traditional regions of Tibet: Ü-Tsang, Kham, and Amdo.[1] [3] The party contacted the Soviet embassy in Beijing and asked for the Soviets' assistance as it began planning a socialist uprising in Tibet. Wangyal later contacted the Chinese Communist Party and the Communist Party of India.[4]
The Tibetan communists prepared guerrilla struggles against the ruling Kuomintang while promoting democratic reforms inside Tibet.
In 1949, the party merged into the Chinese Communist Party.[5]