City from which the Dalai Lama fled into exile in India in 1959 (5)

I believe the answer is:

lhasa

(Other definitions for lhasa that I've seen before include "Asian capital" , "Tibetan capital" , "The Forbidden City in Tibet" , "Tibet's "Forbidden City"" , "foreign capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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