Event
Lhasa in March 1959
Armed clashes in and around Lhasa, called an armed rebellion by the Chinese government and a national uprising by the Dalai Lama's office; the Dalai Lama left Tibet that year.
- Dates
- 10 Mar 1959
- Also known as
- Tibetan uprising of 1959, Tibetan rebellion of 1959
According to 14th Dalai Lama
- interventions 14th Dalai Lama 1959
- involved 14th Dalai Lama
According to Government of the People's Republic of China
- interventions Government of the People's Republic of China
According to Communist Party of China
- involved Communist Party of China
Connections 5
interventions
- 14th Dalai Lama 1959 left Tibet in 1959; his office says he was forced into exile, the white paper says he fled abroad According to 14th Dalai Lama Self-published 1
- Government of the People's Republic of China says it put down an armed rebellion According to Government of the People's Republic of China Primary record 2
involved
- Communist Party of China its 1981 history says Tibet was peacefully liberated in the first three years of the People's Republic According to Communist Party of China Primary record 3
- 14th Dalai Lama says he was forced into exile; the Chinese government says he fled abroad According to 14th Dalai Lama Primary record 12
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Timeline 2 dates
- 1959 14th Dalai Lama intervened in Lhasa in March 1959 According to 14th Dalai Lama
- 10 Mar 1959 Lhasa in March 1959
Proof 3 sources
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Brief Biography of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Self-published
Finally, in 1959, following the brutal suppression of the Tibetan national uprising in Lhasa by Chinese troops, His Holiness was forced to escape into exile.
following the brutal suppression of the Tibetan national uprising in Lhasa by Chinese troops
In 1950, after China's invasion of Tibet, His Holiness was called upon to assume full political power.
The General Assembly adopted three resolutions on Tibet in 1959, 1961 and 1965.
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Tibet Since 1951: Liberation, Development and Prosperity (white paper), State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China, 21 May 2021.
Primary record
The Central People’s Government quelled the rebellion, and carried out democratic reform to abolish feudal serfdom
During the armed rebellion in Tibet in 1959, the CIA helped the 14th Dalai Lama flee and airdropped a large quantity of weaponry to support rebel forces.
Since the 14th Dalai Lama fled abroad in 1959, the central government has exercised great restraint and done its best to provide solutions
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Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party since the Founding of the People's Republic of China, Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (text on the Marxists Internet Archive), 27 Jun 1981.
Primary record
peacefully liberated Tibet
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