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  2. Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China

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    t. e. Tibet came under the control of People's Republic of China (PRC) after the Government of Tibet signed the Seventeen Point Agreement which the 14th Dalai Lama ratified on 24 October 1951, [6] but later repudiated on the grounds that he had rendered his approval for the agreement under duress. [7] This occurred after attempts by the Tibetan ...

  3. 1959 Tibetan uprising - Wikipedia

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    The 1959 Tibetan uprising (also known by other names) began on 10 March 1959, when a revolt erupted in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, which had been under the effective control of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since the Seventeen Point Agreement was reached in 1951. [2] The initial uprising occurred amid general Chinese-Tibetan tensions ...

  4. Tibet (1912–1951) - Wikipedia

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    Tibet under Qing rule. Tibet Area (administrative division) Central Tibetan Administration. Today part of. China ∟ Tibet Autonomous Region. Tibet ( Tibetan: བོད་, Wylie: Bod) was a de facto independent state in East Asia that lasted from the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1912 until its annexation by the People's Republic of China in ...

  5. History of Tibet (1950–present) - Wikipedia

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    History of Tibet. The history of Tibet from 1950 to the present includes the Chinese annexation of Tibet, during which Tibetan representatives signed the controversial Seventeen Point Agreement establishing an autonomous administration led by the 14th Dalai Lama under Chinese sovereignty. Subsequent socialist reforms, repression of religious ...

  6. Tibetan independence movement - Wikipedia

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    The Tibetan independence movement ( Tibetan: བོད་རང་བཙན Bod rang btsan; simplified Chinese: 西藏独立运动; traditional Chinese: 西藏獨立運動) is the political movement advocating for the reversal of the 1950 annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China, and the separation and independence of Greater Tibet ...

  7. Sinicization of Tibet - Wikipedia

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    The sinicization of Tibet includes the programs and laws of the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to force cultural assimilation in Tibetan areas of China, including the Tibet Autonomous Region and the surrounding Tibetan-designated autonomous areas. The efforts are undertaken by China in order to remake Tibetan culture ...

  8. History of Tibet - Wikipedia

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    While the Tibetan plateau has been inhabited since pre-historic times, most of Tibet 's history went unrecorded until the creation of Tibetan script in the 7th century. Tibetan texts refer to the kingdom of Zhangzhung (c. 500 BCE – 625 CE) as the precursor of later Tibetan kingdoms and the originators of the Bon religion.

  9. Dalai Lama's escape from China - Wikipedia

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    In March 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama escaped from China, together with members of his family and his government. They fled the Chinese authorities, who were suspected of wanting to detain him. From Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, the Dalai Lama and his entourage travelled southwards to Tawang in India, where he was welcomed by the Indian authorities.