格达是原四川甘孜藏族自治州白利古寺的一位活佛,被害前是西南军政委员会委员、西康省(该省于1955年撤消)人民政府副主席。1950年8月,格达活佛率队前往拉萨劝说西藏地方政府为和平解决西藏问题做出努力的途中,在昌都被英国间谍福特和当地反动头人杀害,年仅47岁。 Geda was a living Buddha from Bailu Temple, formerly of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Ganzi, Sichuan Province. Before the death, he was a member of the Southwest Military and Political Committee and vice chairman of the People’s Government of Xikang Province (the province was canceled in 1955). In August 1950, on a journey to Lhasa to persuade the local government of Tibet to work hard to solve the Tibet issue peacefully, Qatar’s Living Buddha led a team of 47-year-old murderer in Qamdo by British spy Ford and local reactionaries.