After the Dalai Lama left Lhasa,about 7,000 rebels gathered to wage a full-scale attack on the Party,government and army institutions before dawn on March 20.

• 达赖喇嘛离开拉萨后，叛乱分子调集约7000人，于3月20日凌晨向党政军机关发动全面进攻。