Tibetans took to the streets in India’s capitol New Delhi on Sunday to mark the sixty fifth anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising in opposition to China. The march gathered Tibetans from numerous backgrounds and teams of ages who carried the Tibetan flag and indicators corresponding to “Tibet was never part of China” and “China, stop repression in Tibet”,  calling for the independence of Tibet from the “Chinese invasion”. Part of the protest took place exterior the Chinese embassy in New Delhi. A member of the Tibetan Youth Congress which organized the march, acknowledged in an interview that it’s the accountability of each particular person born in exile to struggle for the liberty of Tibet.

The date of March 10 marks the start of a collection of historic events that resulted in a battle between China and Tibet that has been occurring for greater than six many years. On March 10, 1959, 1000’s of Tibetans protested within the metropolis of Lhansa in opposition to the Chinese occupation and attacked Chinese troops after the People’s Republic of China (PRC) claimed its “national sovereignty ” over the Tibetan area on January 1, 1950. The Chinese military responded with a crackdown which led many protestors to depart Tibet with their religious chief, the Dalai Lama. Many, together with the Dalai Lama, settled in India.

Tibetans throughout the globe commemorate this date to recollect the sacrifices of their ancestors for freedom and independence, whereas additionally advocating for human rights in Tibet in opposition to the continued Chinese coverage in Tibet which is alleged to be characterised by quite a few human rights violations.