Tibetan uprising of 1959

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The Tibetan uprising of 1959 was a major revolt in Lhasa against Chinese rule that led to a brutal crackdown, the flight of the 14th Dalai Lama into exile, and a lasting transformation of Tibet’s political status.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-Chinese protest ⓘ
conflict ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
hasAftermath formal incorporation of Tibet as the Tibet Autonomous Region in 1965 ⓘ
long-term exile of the 14th Dalai Lama in Dharamshala, India ⓘ
ongoing Tibet independence and autonomy movements ⓘ
radical restructuring of Tibetan political institutions ⓘ
strengthening of Tibetan nationalist sentiment ⓘ
hasAlternativeName 1959 Lhasa Uprising ⓘ
1959 Tibetan Rebellion ⓘ
hasCause fear of abduction of the 14th Dalai Lama by Chinese authorities ⓘ
growing Tibetan resentment of Chinese rule ⓘ
implementation of Chinese socialist reforms in Tibet ⓘ
perceived erosion of Tibetan autonomy ⓘ
hasContext 1951 Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet ⓘ
Cold War era geopolitics ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan relations ⓘ
hasCountry People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
hasEndDate 1959-03-21 ⓘ
hasKeyFigure 14th Dalai Lama ⓘ
linked to: Dalai Lama

Panchen Lama ⓘ
Zhou Enlai ⓘ
hasLanguageOfName English ⓘ
hasLocation Lhasa ⓘ
Tibet ⓘ
hasMainPlace Norbulingka Palace ⓘ
linked to: Norbulingka

Potala Palace ⓘ
hasOpposingSide People's Republic of China government ⓘ
Tibetan rebels ⓘ
hasParticipant Chinese Communist Party authorities ⓘ
People's Liberation Army ⓘ
Tibetan demonstrators ⓘ
Tibetan government officials ⓘ
hasResult Chinese military crackdown in Lhasa ⓘ
casualties among Chinese troops ⓘ
casualties among Tibetan civilians ⓘ
destruction of parts of Lhasa ⓘ
dissolution of the traditional Tibetan government ⓘ
establishment of the Central Tibetan Administration in exile ⓘ
flight of the 14th Dalai Lama to India ⓘ
implementation of land reforms in Tibet ⓘ
increased international attention to the Tibet issue ⓘ
large-scale Tibetan refugee flows into India ⓘ
suppression of Tibetan aristocracy and monastic elites ⓘ
tightening of Chinese control over Tibet ⓘ
hasSignificance beginning of large-scale Tibetan diaspora ⓘ
turning point in modern Tibetan history ⓘ
hasStartDate 1959-03-10 ⓘ

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Sino-Indian War → precededBy → Tibetan uprising of 1959 ⓘ
Freedom in Exile → mainSubject → Chinese occupation of Tibet ⓘ
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Freedom in Exile → mainSubject → Tibet–China conflict ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan uprising of 1959
Tibetan uprising of 1959 → hasAlternativeName → 1959 Tibetan Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan uprising of 1959
Tibetan uprising of 1959 → hasAlternativeName → 1959 Lhasa Uprising ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan uprising of 1959
My Land and My People → mainSubject → Chinese invasion of Tibet ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan uprising of 1959
Tibetan independence movement → associatedWith → National Uprising of 1959 in Tibet ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan uprising of 1959
Tibetan independence movement → historicalEvent → 1959 Tibetan uprising ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan uprising of 1959
1951 Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet → followedByEvent → 1959 Tibetan uprising ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan uprising of 1959