| 16- April-1959 | Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning. |
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| 18- April-1959 | Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India. |
| 23- April-1959 | Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma. |