1961: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964) in New Delhi, meeting to discuss the rehabilitation of Tibetans who crossed the border to India during the Chinese/Tibetan crisis.

In this March 1959 photo, Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, sixth from left, rests with members of an escape party who protected him during his flight into exile across the Himalayas. The Dalai Lama fled the Tibetan capital Lhasa on the night of March 17, 1959.

In this March 17, 1959, photo, thousands of Tibetan women silently surround the Potala Palace, the main residence of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan leader, to protest against Chinese rule and repression, on March 17, 1959, in Lhasa, Tibet. Hours later, fighting broke out and the Dalai Lama was forced to flee to safety in India. Tibetans are about to mark the 50th anniversary of the failed March 10, 1959, uprising.

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