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India · 1959Tibet's uprising, the Dalai Lama's asylum, and early Sino-Indian border clashes

The Tibetan uprising brought the 14th Dalai Lama into Indian exile, sharply worsening Sino-Indian relations and coinciding with serious border clashes at Longju and Kongka Pass. At home, the Centre dismissed Kerala's elected Communist ministry under Article 356, and Nehru inaugurated Panchayati Raj at Nagaur.

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Key figures

Jawaharlal Nehru — Prime Minister; granted the Dalai Lama asylum, inaugurated Panchayati Raj and headed the Union govern14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) — fled Tibet after the March uprising and was granted refuge in India.E.M.S. Namboodiripad — Kerala Chief Minister whose elected Communist ministry was dismissed under Article 356.C. Rajagopalachari — founded the Swatantra Party, opposing Congress's cooperative-farming and state-control policies.Dwight D. Eisenhower — first sitting US President to visit India and address Parliament (December 1959).Zhou Enlai — Chinese Premier whose 1959 boundary correspondence with Nehru hardened the Sino-Indian dispute.

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