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The Sino–Indian War, also known as the China–India War or the Indo–China War, was an armed conflict between China and India that took place from October to November 1962. It was a military escalation of the Sino–Indian border dispute .
The Battle of Rezang La ("la" meaning hill in Tibetan/Ladhaki language) was a major military engagement that took place on 18 November 1962, during the Sino-Indian War between the Indian Army's 13th Kumaon Regiment and China's People's Liberation Army (PLA). 120 Indian soldiers of all-Ahir Charlie C Company faced more than 3000 Chinese soldiers and successfully defended the strategic mountain ...
The term "line of actual control" is said to have been used by Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in a 1959 note to Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. [6] The boundary existed only as an informal cease-fire line between India and China after the 1962 Sino-Indian War.
The Frontier Complex: Geopolitics and the Making of the India-China Border, 1846–1962. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108840590. Johny, Stanly (20 July 2019). " 'The McMahon Line – A Century of Discord' review: The disputed frontier". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019; Noorani, A.G. (2010).
6 May – India defeats the Philippines in the Eastern Zone final of 1962 Davis Cup at New Delhi 28 July – A locust swarm threatens New Delhi. 21 September – A border conflict between China and India erupts into fighting.
The two countries have been uneasy neighbours for decades after a bloody border war in 1962. India's foreign ministry said in a statement that both ministers agreed on the need to work with ...
A long series of events triggered the Sino-Indian War in 1962. According to John W. Garver, Chinese perceptions about the Indian designs for Tibet, and the failure to demarcate a common border between China and India (including the Indian Forward Policy) [1] [2] were important in China's decision to fight a war with India.
Starting in November 1962, many ethnic Chinese were given the order to leave India within a month. [10]: 447 About 7,500 people complied and left for various parts of the world, including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada.