the red guards started and ended in 1840.
the red guards started and ended in 1840.
when did the red guards start and end?
1840
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red guards () were a mass student-led paramilitary social movement mobilized and guided by mao zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the first phase of the chinese cultural revolution, which he had instituted. 









































according to a red guard leader, the movement's aims were as follows:
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on august 8, 1966, the decision was issued to start the great proletarian cultural revolution by the central committee of the chinese communist party (ccp). the red guards were dispersed throughout china, at this time tibet formed their own red guard in lhasa. this began the cultural revolutions destruction of tibetan prayer flags, religious art, and sacred texts. in september 1966, red guards from xianyang and beijing began to arrive in lhasa. these guards came from the tibetan nationality institute and joined with local red guards to intensify the campaign against the "four olds" and class enemies. public "struggle sessions" were held by the red guards against "reactionaries" or "capitalists", in which people were beaten, and publicly shamed. zhang guohua and the regional party committee wanted to minimize the red guards' access and criticism of the party leaders. on september 19, 1966, the red guards created and distributed big character posters that openly advocated the bombardment of the regional party committee to many counties in tibet. in november 1966 there was a city wide debate hosted by ten revolutionary organizations; this was to decide whether the regional party committee had been "implementing a bourgeois reactionary line". this in turn divided lhasa into two factions, both who claimed to be true followers of mao zedong, gyenlo and nyamdre. the state council in beijing once again gave instructions that banned the exchange of revolutionary experiences in tibet, this was ignored. on december 4, 1966, the state council announced regulations requiring the red guards, who were still in lhasa, to leave tibet and return to their own localities by december 20. beijing red guards in lhasa were given permission to stay by the central cultural revolution group, headed by, jiang qing. red guards ousted party leaders and took over their positions. in 1968, mao sent people's liberation army troops into tibet to gain control. this resulted in a series of public executions. in 1969, the people's liberation army disarmed the red guards all across china.
red guards in tibet