1950 Chinese occupation of Tibet
65 years ago, on October 20, 1950, the Tibetan army, led by Ngapo Ngawang Jigme, capitulated to the Chinese People's Liberation Army that invaded Tibet, which then occupied all of Tibet. In total, during the hostilities in October 1950, about 5,700 Tibetan soldiers died, and about 2,000 were imprisoned in Chinese prisons. Ngapo Ngawang Jigme later became the first head of the Tibet Autonomous Region.