Timeline

1920s

• 192513 Oct
  The Inner Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party is founded. · Kalgan

1930s–1940s

• 1933
  Prince Demchugdongrub (De Wang) launches the Inner Mongolian autonomy movement. · Bailingmiao
• 1945–47
  The party is revived in eastern Inner Mongolia under Hafengga and leads the East Mongolian autonomy movement; it is dissolved as the Chinese Communist Party takes control. · Eastern Inner Mongolia

1960s–1980s

• 1967–69
  The Cultural Revolution purge conducted in the party's name: 346,000 persecuted by the state's own count. · Inner Mongolia About us · Our history →
• 1981Sep–Nov
  Mongol students strike and march against Document No. 28. · Hohhot History of resistance →

1990s

• 1992May
  Hada founds the Southern Mongolian Democratic Alliance. · Hohhot Hada →
• 199510 Dec
  Hada is arrested at home; sentenced in 1996 to fifteen years. · Hohhot Hada →
• 199720–23 Mar
  Exiles re-establish the party as the Inner Mongolian People's Party at its first Congress: the constitution and flag are adopted and the Declaration issued. · Princeton, New Jersey Declaration →
• 1997May
  First demonstrations of the party, marking fifty years of Chinese rule. · United States Report →
• 1998
  March for Peace and Independence. · United States Report →
• 199828 Oct
  Second plenary meeting of the Standing Committee. · Washington, DC Press release →
• 19994 Sep
  Third Central Committee meeting; the leadership structure is reorganised. · Princeton, New Jersey Press release →
• 199930 Sep
  Rally of nearly 200 people outside the Chinese embassy. · Washington, DC Joint statement →

2000s

• 200010 Dec
  Human Rights Day protest outside the United Nations. · New York Photos →
• 200626 Feb
  Special Congress issues the Tokyo Declaration. · Tokyo Declaration (PDF) →
• 200619 Sep
  Joint declaration with Tibetan, Uyghur and other peoples of High Asia. Declaration →
• 2008Jan–Jun
  A party member who is a citizen of Mongolia is arrested on a business trip to Beijing; he is released and returned to Mongolia on 17 June after an international campaign. · Beijing Statement →

2010s

• 201018 Apr
  A Southern Mongolian indigenous-rights advocate, invited to a United Nations forum in New York, is arrested at Beijing airport. · Beijing Report →
• 201010 Dec
  Hada's fifteen-year sentence expires; he is not released. · Hohhot Hada →
• 2011May
  Herder Mergen is killed by a coal truck; protests spread across Southern Mongolia. · Xilingol History of resistance →
• 20156 Feb
  Protest in Ulaanbaatar. · Ulaanbaatar

2020s

• 2020Aug–Sep
  Students and parents strike against the removal of Mongolian-medium instruction. · Southern Mongolia History of resistance →
• 2021
  Khereid Khuvisgalt is elected president of the party. Leadership →
• 20251 Oct
  Centennial conference in the Japanese Diet building; resolution adopted. · Tokyo Resolution (PDF) →