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SINO-INDIAN WAR

The Sino-Indian War was a war between China and India that occurred in 1962.
A disputed Himalayan border was the main pretext for war, but other issues played a
role. China’s perception of India as a threat to its rule of Tibet was also one of the most
prominent reasons for the Sino-Indian War. India initiated a Forward Policy in which it
placed outposts along the border, including several north of the McMahon Line, the
eastern portion of a Line of Actual Control proclaimed by Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai
in 1959. Unable to reach political accommodation on disputed territory along the 3,225
km long Himalayan border, the Chinese launched simultaneous offensives in Ladakh
and across the McMahon Line on 20th October 1962, coinciding with the Cuban
Missile Crisis. The Sino-Indian War is notable for the harsh mountain conditions under
which much of the fighting took place, entailing large-scale combat at altitudes of over
4,000 metres. The war was also noted for the non-deployment of the navy or air force
by either the Chinese or Indian side. Towards the end of the war India increased its
support for Tibetan refugees and revolutionaries, some of them having settled in India,
as they were fighting the same common enemy in the region. The war that began on
20th October 1962, continued for about a month. The standoff between approximately
10,000-20,000 Indian troops and 80,000 Chinese troops ended on 21st November
after China declared a ceasefire.

LOCATION (Border)
China and India shared a long border, sectioned into three stretches by Nepal,
Sikkim (then an Indian protectorate), and Bhutan, which follows the Himalayas
between Burma and what was then West Pakistan. A number of disputed regions lie
along this border.

Aksai Chin- It is administered by China as part of Hotan County which lies in


the south western part of Hotan Prefecture of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, but is also
claimed by India as a part of the Ladakh district of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Aksai Chin covers an area of about 37,244 sq. km and area is largely a vast high-
altitude desert. China National Highway 219 runs through Aksai Chin connecting Lazi
and Xinjiang in the Tibet Autonomous Region. Arunal Pradesh - It is the largest among
the North-east Indian states commonly known as the Seven Sister States. China
claims the northern part of the state as a part of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The
NEFA (North-East Frontier Agency) was created in 1955, the re-emergence of the
issue was a major cause of the Sino-Indian War of 1962. Tawang- Tawang district is
one of the 16 administrative districts of Arunachal Pradesh. The area is historically
Tibetan territory and is claimed by both the People's Republic of China and the
Republic of China as a part of South Tibet.

THE WAR
The cause of the war was a dispute over the sovereignty of the widely separated
Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh border regions. Aksai Chin, claimed by India to
belong to Kashmir and by China to be part of Xinjiang, contains an important road link
that connects the Chinese regions of Tibet and Xinjiang. China's construction of this
road was one of the triggers of the conflict.

From 1959 forward, border skirmishes broke out along the disputed line. In
1961, Nehru instituted the Forward Policy, in which India tried to establish border
outposts and patrols north of Chinese positions, in order to cut them off from their
supply line. The Chinese responded in kind, each side seeking to flank the other
without direct confrontation. The summer and fall of 1962 saw increasing numbers of
border incidents in Aksai Chin. One June skirmish killed more than twenty Chinese
troops. In July, India authorized its troops to fire not only in self- defence but to drive
the Chinese back. By October, even as Zhou Enlai was personally assuring Nehru in
New Delhi that China did not want war, the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA)
was massing along the border. The first heavy fighting took place on October 10, 1962,
in a skirmish that killed 25 Indian troops and 33 Chinese soldiers. On October 20, the
PLA launched a two-pronged attack, seeking to drive the Indians out of Aksai Chin.
Within two days, China had seized the entire territory. The main force of the Chinese
PLA was 10 miles (16 kilometres) south of the line of control by October 24. During a
three-week ceasefire, Zhou Enlai ordered the Chinese to hold their position, as he sent
a peace proposal to Nehru. The Chinese proposal was that both sides disengage and
withdraw twenty kilometres from their current positions. Nehru responded that the
Chinese troops needed to withdraw to their original position instead, and he called for
a wider buffer zone. On November 14, 1962, the war resumed with an Indian attack
against the Chinese position at Walong.
FINAL BATTLE (Result)

After hundreds more deaths, and an American threat to intervene on behalf of


the Indians, the two sides declared a formal ceasefire on November 21 ending a
month-long birder battle. The Chinese announced that they would withdraw from their
present positions to the north of the illegal McMahon Line. However, the isolated
troops in the mountains did not hear about the ceasefire for several days and engaged
in additional firefights. Prime Minister Nehru was roundly criticized at home for his
pacifism in the face of Chinese aggression, and for the lack of preparation prior to the
Chinese attack. In the end, China retained actual control of the Aksai Chin region.

CASUALITIES
The war lasted just one month but killed 1,383 Indian troops and 722 Chinese
troops. An additional 1,047 Indians and 1,697 Chinese were wounded, and nearly
4,000 Indian soldiers were captured. Many of the casualties were caused by the harsh
conditions at 14,000 feet, rather than by enemy fire. Hundreds of the wounded on both
sides died of exposure before their comrades could get medical attention for them.

AFTERMATH
According to the China's official military history, the war achieved China's policy
objectives of securing borders in its western sector, as China retained de facto control
of the Aksai Chin. After the war, India abandoned the Forward Policy, and the de facto
borders stabilised along the Line of Actual Control. The aftermath of the war saw
sweeping changes in the Indian military to prepare it for similar conflicts in the future,
and placed pressure on Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who was seen as
responsible for failing to anticipate the Chinese attack on India. Indians reacted with a
surge in patriotism and memorials were erected for many of the Indian troops who died
in the war. Arguably, the main lesson India learned from the war was the need to
strengthen its own defences and a shift from Nehru's foreign policy with China based
on his stated concept of "brotherhood".
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