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Events on Tuesday 31 March 1959 1
1959Tibetan uprising against Chinese ruleDalai Lama flees to IndiaAn uprising in Lhasa against Chinese Communist rule was crushed by the People's Liberation Army amid fears for the Dalai Lama's safety. The 14th Dalai Lama fled across the Himalayas and was granted asylum in India. Tens of thousands of Tibetans followed him into exile.