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Dalai Lama Granted Asylum

Name: Dalai Lama Granted Asylum – India factsheet records
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India · Government / Government of India. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1959Date range

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Chronological records

1959

Jawaharlal NehruMarch 1959

New Delhi · Government / Government of India

India grants asylum to the Dalai Lama after he flees Tibet following the uprising in Lhasa.

Names involved

Jawaharlal Nehru

Provenance

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