{"id":3307,"date":"2019-03-23T21:12:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T21:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/?p=3307"},"modified":"2019-03-23T21:12:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T21:12:36","slug":"rallies-in-india-mark-60-years-of-tibet-uprising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2019\/03\/23\/rallies-in-india-mark-60-years-of-tibet-uprising\/","title":{"rendered":"Rallies in India mark 60 years of Tibet uprising"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dalai Lama supporters gather at Dharamsala temple and in New Delhi to commemorate 1959 rebellion against Chinese rule.10 Mar 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"void(0)\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/03\/rallies-india-mark-60-years-tibet-uprising-190310072414674.html#\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/mritems\/imagecache\/mbdxxlarge\/mritems\/Images\/2019\/3\/10\/4a315e35c84f4e7cbaadea2ad61fcce4_18.jpg\" alt=\"Rallies in India mark 60 years of Tibet uprising\" \/><figcaption>Youth organisations of Tibetan exiles held marches in Dharamsala, New Delhi and other places [Adnan Abidi\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MORE ON&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/tibet.html\">TIBET<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/features\/60-years-india-tibetans-leaving-190319231424509.html\">After 60 years in India, why are Tibetans leaving?<\/a>2 days ago<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/programmes\/insidestory\/2019\/03\/tibetans-homeland-190311185918425.html\">Will Tibetans have a homeland of their own?<\/a>last week<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/02\/blizzards-tibet-kill-thousands-livestock-190210080348352.html\">Blizzards in Tibet kill thousands of livestock<\/a>last month<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/01\/china-vows-easier-foreign-tourist-entry-tibet-pressure-190111045958554.html\">China vows easier foreign tourist entry to Tibet amid US pressure<\/a>2 months ago<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huge crowds have gathered at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/people\/dalai-lama.html\">Dalai Lama<\/a>&#8216;s temple in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/india.html\">India<\/a>&nbsp;to commemorate 60 years of the failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule that drove the spiritual leader into exile.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supporters of the 83-year-old peace icon chanted and prayed at the Buddhist shrine in mountainous Dharamsala, where the Dalai Lama established a government-in-exile after fleeing a deadly Chinese crackdown in Tibet in 1959.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Devotees in the Indian hill station the Dalai Lama has called&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/03\/rallies-india-mark-60-years-tibet-uprising-190310072414674.html#\">home<\/a>&nbsp;for six decades waved&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/tibet.html\">Tibet<\/a>&#8216;s colourful &#8220;snow lion&#8221; flag, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/china.html\">China<\/a>&nbsp;has outlawed as a symbol of separatism.READ MORE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/inpictures\/life-world-biggest-buddhist-monasteries-180926063132889.html\">Life inside one of the world&#8217;s biggest Buddhist monasteries<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some had &#8220;Free Tibet&#8221; painted on their faces along with the colours and distinct golden sun of the iconic flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dalai Lama himself was not present at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/03\/rallies-india-mark-60-years-tibet-uprising-190310072414674.html#\">anniversary<\/a>&nbsp;ceremony, but chief representatives of the exiled Tibetan administration and foreign dignitaries gathered for the solemn occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Tibet belongs to Tibetans,&#8221; Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay said in a fiery speech to the gathering.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Sixty years of the occupation of Tibet and the repression of Tibetans is too long,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tibetan leader claimed that Beijing wanted to eradicate the Tibetan culture with systemic policies and that it was stopping all flow of information into Tibet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He thanked all those who showed solidarity with the demand for a middle way or autonomy within China, and urged Tibetans across the world to continue &#8220;our commitment to struggle for justice&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A Tibetan activist riding a horse escorts a vehicle with the picture of Dalai Lama in New Delhi [Sajjad Hussain\/AFP]<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Performers dressed in traditional attire danced and recited Tibetan songs at the temple for guests, which organisers said included parliamentarians from 10 nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A minute&#8217;s silence was observed at the outset to remember those killed when China brutally crushed the fledgeling Tibetan revolt &#8211; a crackdown the government-in-exile claimed killed tens of thousands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tibetan activists also put up posters and marched in India&#8217;s capital, New Delhi, as police in riot gear patrolled the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thorn in China&#8217;s side<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buddhist Tibet, a vast Himalayan area of plateaus and mountains, declared independence from China in the early 20th century but Beijing took back control in 1951, having sent in thousands of troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dalai Lama, chosen at the age of two in 1937 as the 14th incarnation of Tibetan Buddhism&#8217;s supreme religious leader, was enthroned as the head of state after the Chinese invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His co-existence with the Beijing authorities was tense and when the Chinese authorities summoned him to an event without his bodyguards on March 10, Tibetans feared a trap that could endanger their leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thousands of his supporters assembled at his summer palace to prevent him from leaving; thousands more demonstrated in Lhasa to demand the Chinese depart, the Dalai Lama would later say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=heGyFkxMyUQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China closes Tibet to visitors over 60th anniversary of uprising (2:05)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beijing sent more troops into Tibet, and in the bloodshed that followed, refugees poured over the border into Dharamsala, already then a sanctuary for Tibetan exiles fleeing Chinese repression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dalai Lama evaded Chinese authorities and slipped away dressed as a soldier, escaping to India with an entourage of supporters in a gruelling two-week trek through the Himalaya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There he formed a government-in-exile and demanded autonomy for Tibet, a decades-long quest that would earn him worldwide respect as a figure of non-violence. He won the Nobel Peace&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/03\/rallies-india-mark-60-years-tibet-uprising-190310072414674.html#\">Prize<\/a>&nbsp;in 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He remains a thorn in the side to China, which adamantly rejects any suggestion of Tibetan autonomy and blacklisted the Dalai Lama as a dangerous &#8220;separatist&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stream.aljazeera.com\/story\/201711011735-0025538\">The Stream: A conversation with the Dalai Lama<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beijing continues to be accused of political and religious repression in the region, but insists Tibetans enjoy extensive freedoms and that it has brought economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Max Oidtmann, who specialises in modern Chinese history at Georgetown University in Qatar, said China has invested a lot in Tibet and while &#8220;life is getting better in many ways&#8221;, Tibetans want to be treated as equal citizens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;They [Tibetans] feel like they don&#8217;t have a lot of control or decision-making power over their lives,&#8221; Oidtmann told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The primary goal of most Tibetans would be to get more respect from the Chinese state and to actually&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/03\/rallies-india-mark-60-years-tibet-uprising-190310072414674.html#\">receive<\/a>&nbsp;the privileges which are guaranteed to them by the Chinese constitution.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dalai Lama supporters gather at Dharamsala temple and in New Delhi to commemorate 1959 rebellion against Chinese rule.10 Mar 2019 MORE ON&nbsp;TIBET After 60 years in India, why are Tibetans leaving?2 days ago Will Tibetans have a homeland of their own?last week Blizzards in Tibet kill thousands of livestocklast month China vows easier foreign tourist entry to Tibet amid US&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2019\/03\/23\/rallies-in-india-mark-60-years-of-tibet-uprising\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3308,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3307\/revisions\/3308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}