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On 1 October 1967, another clash between India and China took place at Cho La, a border pass a few kilometers north of Nathu La. [4] [8] Scholar van Eekelen states that the duel was initiated by the Chinese troops after a scuffle between the two, when the Chinese troops infiltrated into the Sikkim-side of the border, claimed the pass and ...
Sikkim, Chumbi Valley, with the Nathu La pass (CIA, 1965). After the People's Republic of China took control of Tibet in 1950 and suppressed a Tibetan uprising in 1959, the passes into Sikkim became a conduit for refugees from Tibet. [49] During the 1962 Sino-Indian War, Nathu La witnessed skirmishes between soldiers of the two countries ...
China published a map showing Sikkim as a part of India and the Foreign Ministry deleted it from the list of China's "border countries and regions". [35] However, the Sikkim-China border's northernmost point, "The Finger", continues to be the subject of dispute and military activity.
Sikkim (/ ˈ s ɪ k ɪ m / SIK-im; Nepali:) is a state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Koshi Province of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siliguri Corridor, which borders Bangladesh.
In article 10 of the 1996 border agreement, both sides agreed to the exchange of maps to help clarify the alignment of the LAC. [44] It was only in 2001 when the first in-depth discussion would take place with regard to the central/middle sectors. [45] [46] Maps of Sikkim were exchanged, resulting in the "Memorandum on Expanding Border Trade".
China and India agreed on Wednesday to work on easing their long-running border dispute, as the two Asian giants resumed a formal high-level dialogue for the first time in five years.
The two men were arrested at the Chola Pass and detained for several weeks. Sikkim had to face retribution from the British Raj for the insult caused. [7] [8] The Cho La pass was one of the sites of the 1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes between China and India, which concluded with Chinese withdrawal from both the Nathu La and Cho La passes. [9]
In 1960, China issued a statement claiming that Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh were part of a unified family in Tibet and had always been subject to the "great motherland of China". [ 10 ] [ 62 ] [ i ] Alarmed, Bhutan closed off its border with China and shut all trade and diplomatic contacts. [ 10 ]