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Why did Dalai Lama seek asylum in India?
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China, under the leadership of Mao-Tse Tung, was determined to assert her right of suzerainty over Tibet. China overran and occupied Tibet in 1959. The religious leader Dalai Lama and thousands of Tibetan refugees sought asylum in India which was granted to them by the Nehruvian government.
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