THE DAY IN HISTORY · OCTOBER 26
October 26 in history
What happened on October 26: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1951, each linked to the map that shows it.
— PLA in Lhasa and the Tibetan uprising
26 Oct 1951 — The PLA enters Lhasa under the Seventeen-Point Agreement. 10–20 Mar 1959 — Crowds gather around the Norbulingka palace to prevent the Dalai Lama from going to a Chinese army camp. He escapes on the 17th, and the PLA shells the palace on the 20th. The disputed estimates of the dead in Lhasa range from roughly 2,000 to 10,000.
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