Kammala wannan jumla: An haifi Dalai Lama na 14 ga dangin manoma, a Taktser (Hongya a Sinanci), a lardin Amdo (Qinghai a Sinanci), arewa maso gabashin Tibet. An zabi shi a matsayin tulku na 13th Dalai Lama a 1937 kuma an amince da shi a matsayin Dalai Lama na 14 a cikin sanarwar jama'a kusa da garin Bumchen a 1939. Kamar yadda yake tare da tsarin amincewa da Dalai Lama na 13, ba a yi amfani da tsarin zaɓar Urn na Zinare ba. An gudanar da bikin nadin sarautarsa a matsayin Dalai Lama a Lhasa a ranar 22 ga Fabrairu 1940 kuma daga karshe ya dauki cikakken aikin duniya (siyasa) a ranar 17 ga Nuwamba 1950, yana da shekaru 15, bayan da Dalai Lama ya zama shugaban kasa.
Jamhuriyar Jama'ar Sin ta mamaye Tibet. Gwamnatin Tibet ta gudanar da yankunan Tibet na tarihi na Ü-Tsang, Kham da Amdo, kuma "A cikin tarihin shekaru 2000 na Tibet, kasar ta kasance a karkashin wani tasiri na kasashen waje kawai don gajeren lokaci a cikin karni na goma sha uku da goma sha takwas".