The 1959 democratic reforms in the Tibet Autonomous Region ended serfdom

The 1959 democratic reforms in the Tibet Autonomous Region ended serfdom, liberating 95 percent of the region’s population from this feudal system.

Seventy-six-year-old Kelsang Drolma from Caigongtang Township in Lhasa is freed from feudal serfdom and given her land holding certificate, November 3, 1960. (Xinhua/Ma Pengwan)