March 22

On March 22, 1998, the national project of universal compulsory education in poverty-stricken areas was launched in Tibet. The project would be implemented from 1998 to 2000, using the financial allocations from the central and local financial departments to make more children accessible to the compulsory education.

On March 22, 1959, the Indian government delimited a 125,000-square kilometer-area into India territory one-sidedly, seizing the opportunity of the large-scale insurgency in Tibet. The occupied Chinese territory included a 90,000-square-kilometer-area southern of the illegal “Mcmathon Line” in the east of the China-India border, a 2,000-square-kilometer area in the middle of the border and a 33,000-square-kilometer area including Aksai Chin in the west of the border.

On March 22, 1959, the rebellion in Tibet was completely quelled, as the rebels in Jokhang Monastery and the Potala Palace surrendered themselves to the central government.