Following the invasion of Kham by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) the Tibetan armies defeat was inevitable.  In April 1951 Tibet sent a delegation to Beijing.  The Tibetans regarded the delegation as representatives of the sovereign government and nation of Tibet.  The Chinese referred to them as "the Local Government of tibet".

• 23 May 1951:  Under duress the Tibetan delegation sign the 17-Point Agreeemnt on the "peaceful liberation" of Tibet.  The PLA arrives in Lhasa.


• 1954:  The Dalai and Panchen Lamas meet with Mao, Zhou and Deng in Beijing.


• 1956:  In eastern Tibetanti-religious actions intensify and there is an influx of Han Chinese settlers.  Kham guerillas intensify their resistance to the invasion.


• 1959:  Lhasa uprising.  Fearing that the Chinese are about to seize the Dalai Lama the people rise and attack the invaders.  Around 100,000 Tibetans are killed by the PLA and China orders the Dalai Lama's government to be dissolved.  His Holiness flees to India and the exodus of Tibetan refugees to that country begins.


• 1960:  The Dalai Lama established the Tibetan Government in Exile in Dharamsala, Himchal Pradesh, India.


• 1961: The 16th General Assembly of the United Nations adopts a resolution supporting Tibet.


• 1962:  A border dispute between India and China erupts into war.


• 1964:  China imprions the 10th Panchen Lama when he refuses to denounse the Dalai Lama.  The Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) is established.


• 1966:  The Cultural Revolution begins in China.


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• 1976:  Death of Mao.


• 1978:  The Panchen Lama is released.


• 1979:  Following agreement with China, the Exile Government's first delegation visits Tibet.  Tibetans are allowed to leave the country to visit relatives aborad.


• 1980:  The second delegation visits Tibet.  China relaxes some of the restrictions on religion in Tibet.


• 1983:  Beijing implements a policy of systematic immigration into Tibet.


• Third delegation.


• 1985:  The fourth delegation enters Tibet.


• 1987:  China denounses the Dalai Lama's newly proposed Five Point Peace Plan, causing widespread demonstrations in Tibet where a curfew is imposed.


• 1989:  Tiananmen Square massacre in China.  The 10th Panchen Lama dies.  Following a large demonstration in Lhasa the Chinese impose martial law and expells all foreigners.  The Dalia Lama is awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.


• 1990:  Lifting of martial law in Lhasa.


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