14th Dalai Lama
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
In context
- When
- Monday, March 30 195967 years ago
- Category
- Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Era
- 20th century · 1950s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
At a glance
Dates: From 1959.
What happened
The 14th Dalai Lama is the current Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. He served as the resident spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet before 1959, and subsequently led the Tibetan government in exile represented by the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamshala, India.
March 30 through the years
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When did 14th Dalai Lama happen?
March 30 1959 — 67 years ago, on a Monday.
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