On this day, 66 years ago, on March 10, 1959 (February 2, 1959 in the lunar calendar), the People's Liberation Army began to put down the armed rebellion in Xizang. On March 10, 1959, the battle to quell the armed rebellion in Xizang began. In 1951, after the peaceful liberation of Xizang, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Working Committee in Xizang and the People's Liberation Army troops stationed in Xizang have been adopting a policy of prudence, steady progress and patient waiting for more than eight years after entering Tibet, striving for people from all walks of life in Xizang to voluntarily and peacefully reform the economy and politics of Xizang over a period of years. However, the reactionary cliques at the upper echelons in Xizang, despite the patient wait and repeated education of the central government, adhered to the reactionary stance of splitting the motherland and safeguarding the serfdom. On March 10, 1959, they openly tore up the agreement signed by the Central People's Government and the Xizang local government on peaceful liberation of Xizang. Measures, namely the "17-Article Agreement," launched a region-wide armed rebellion centered on Lhasa. In order to consolidate the reunification of the motherland, safeguard ethnic unity, and completely liberate the working people of Xizang, the People's Liberation Army troops stationed in Tibet were ordered to start counter-insurgency operations on March 20 and completely smashed the rebels in Lhasa on the 22nd. On the 28th, the Premier of the State Council came to issue a State Council order to dissolve the rioting and rebellious local government in Xizang, let the Preparatory Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region exercise local powers, and let the Panchen Erdeni. Quoji Gyanzan Acting Chairman of the Preparatory Committee. The reunification of the motherland is the wish of the entire China people, so as to warn Taiwan independence activists not to act recklessly!