Tibet’s Communist Party-controlled legislature has voted to create a holiday to remember China’s defeat of a pro-independence uprising 50 years ago, adding that it was a day of liberation from feudalism, media reported.
The legislators all voted to make March 28 as ”Serf Liberation Day.” The date marks the flight of Tibet’s leader into exile into India as Chinese troops came in om March 1959. On March 28 of that year, Beijing announced the dissolution of the Tibetan government and the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region under Communist rule.