1959 Tibetan uprising
| 1959 Tibetan Uprising | |||||||
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| Part of Cold War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
Supported by: United States United Kingdom Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Supported by: Soviet Union
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 14th Dalai Lama
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 Mao Zedong
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 85,000–87,000 (disputed; see below) | |||||||
The 1959 Tibetan Uprising or 1959 Tibetan Rebellion began on 10 March 1959, when a revolt erupted in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet Area, which had been under the effective control of the People's Republic of China since the Seventeen Point Agreement in 1951. Armed conflict between Tibetan rebels and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) had started in 1956 in the Kham and Amdo regions, which had been subjected to socialist reform. The guerrilla warfare later spread to other areas of Tibet and lasted through 1962.
The anniversary of the uprising is observed by some Tibetan exiles as the Tibetan Uprising Day. The anniversary of its end is celebrated in Tibet as Serfs Emancipation Day.
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