March 18, 2012     Permalink Tweet: India -- and a visit to 'Little Tibet': .ly/wepGCL Submitted by Siv O'Neall

Tibetan Buddhists had been rebelling ever since the Chinese clamped down on their freedom to exercise their religion beginning in 1955. Armed conflict between Tibetan rebellion forces and the Chinese army started in 1956 in a couple of provinces and spread quickly to the Tibetan capital Llasa. Guerrilla warfare lasted through 1962. On March 10, 1959, a revolt erupted in Lhasa . On March 17 mortar shells were fired on the Dalai Lama's palace, and it became obvious that his life was in danger.