| Event | Event | Event Type | Source | Source Year |
| 1940 | Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tendzin Gyatso | religious | Common | News | 1998 |
| enthroned at Lhasa. Mission of Mr. |
| WuChung-hsin makes attempt to settle |
| with Tibet. |
| 1943 | Tibet maintains neutral stance even though | political | Common | News | 1998 |
| British and Chinese pass war supplies |
| through Tibet |
| 1947 | Tibet delegates attend Asian Relations | political | Common | News | 1998 |
| Conference in Delhi. |
| 1948 | Tibetan mission visits US and UK traveling | political | Common | News | 1998 |
| with Tibetan passports.] |
| 1949 | Tibetan government expels Chinese | political | Common | News | 1998 |
| Nationalist Mission from Lhasa in July. |
| Communists established in Peking after |
| defeat of Nationalists in September. |
| 1950 | Indian government recognizes Communist | political | Common | News | 1998 |
| government. October 7, Communist troops |
| invade Tibet. |
| 1959 | Lhamo, the Folk Opera of Tibet founded | religious | Common | News | 1998 |
| by the Dalai Lama at the Tibetan Cultural |
| Center |
| 1959 | Dalai Lama remains in exile in India after | pol/rel | Common | News | 1998 |
| the take over of Tibet by Communist |
| Chinese. |
| 1985 | Birth of Little Ling, the confirmed | religious | Common | News | 1998 |
| reincarnation of Ling Rinpoche. |
| 1991 | Proclaimed the International Year of Tibet | pol/rel | Common | News | 1998 |
| 1994 | Celebrations are held in Lhasa marking the | pol/rel | Common | News | 1998 |
| end of the 5-year, $80 million renovation |
| project on the Potala Palace, considered the |
| holiest site of Tibetan Buddhism. |
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