Tibetans begin their revolt in Lhasa on March 10, 1959 against the Chinese government which had invaded Tibet in1950. Chinese troops launched a counter-offensive against the Tibetans, capturing Lhasa and resulting in the deaths of some 2,000 Tibetan rebels.
The Chinese government dissolved the Tibetan government headed by the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama assumed control of the Tibetan government on The Chinese government officially dissolved the Lhasa-based Tibetan government, known as the Kashag, on March 28, 1959, following the Tibetan uprising and the 14th Dalai Lama's escape to India with some 80 supporters . Some 87,000 Tibetans and 2,000 Chinese government troops were killed, and some 100,000 Tibetans fled as refugees to India, Nepal, and Bhutan during the conflict.
