October
19, 1950
Tibet
Surrenders Kham Province to China
Ngabo Ngawang Jigme, the
Governor of Eastern Tibet and the commander of Tibetan troops, surrendered the
Kham province to China's General Wang Chimi.
Emerging with control over
most of mainland China after the Chinese Civil War, the People's Republic of
China incorporated Tibet in 1950 and negotiated the Seventeen Point Agreement
with the newly enthroned 14th Dalai Lama's government, affirming the People's
Republic of China's sovereignty but granting the area autonomy. Subsequently,
on his journey into exile, the 14th Dalai Lama completely repudiated the agreement,
which he has repeated on many occasions.
Kham is a historical region
of Middle Asia covering a land area largely divided between present-day Tibet
Autonomous Region and Sichuan province, with smaller portions located within
Qinghai, Gansu and Yunnan provinces of China. The natives of the Kham region
are called Khampas.
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