Dalai Lama Timeline of Events

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Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...

Timeline of Events

1950

11.17.1950

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is enthroned as the leader of Tibet at the age of fifteen.

1959

3.10.1959

Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.

3.17.1959

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.

3.31.1959

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.