Major conflict1959

1959 Tibetan uprising

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Lhasa · Tibet

Estimated casualties

10K – 87Kestimated dead

PRIO estimates ~10,000 Tibetan and 2,000 PLA battle deaths; Tibetan sources cite far higher tolls.

SOURCEscholarly

An armed uprising in Lhasa in March 1959 against Chinese rule, which was crushed by the People's Liberation Army and led the 14th Dalai Lama to flee into exile in India. Casualty estimates range from around 10,000 battle deaths to far higher tolls cited by Tibetan sources.

Belligerents2

People's Republic of China
Tibetan rebels

Sources

Wikipedia: 1959 Tibetan uprising
UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: 1959 Tibetan uprising (1959). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/1959-tibetan-uprising · Sources & methodology