1959年，十四世達賴喇嘛流亡去印度，中華人民共和國政府廢除噶廈，籌備建立西藏自治區。有啲噶廈官員亦都跟住達賴喇嘛流亡咗去印度。同一年，十四世達賴喇嘛喺達蘭薩拉成立西藏流亡政府，個流亡政府嘅內閣就叫做噶廈。
In 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama went into exile in India, and the government of the People's Republic of China abolished Xiamen in preparation for the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Some Xiamen officials also followed the Dalai Lama into exile in India. In the same year, the 14th Dalai Lama established the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, and the cabinet of the government-in-exile was called Shah.