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March 10 Tibetan Uprising

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March 10, 1959

It’s been over 50 years since the fated tragic uprising of Tibet in March 1959.

Mao Zedong’s newly empowered government invaded Tibet in 1950 to repudiate the state’s autonomy and enforce the communist line.

The Tibetan governor was taken prisoner by the People’s Liberation Army, leaving a 15 year-old Dalai Lama as the region’s leader. Opposition [...]