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Cho La and Nathu La passes marked on a Survey of India map of 1923. Following the 1962 Sino-Indian War, tensions continued to run high along the Himalayan border shared by India and China. Influenced by its previous defeat, the Indian Army raised a number of new units, nearly doubling their deployed forces along the disputed region.
The Nathu La and Cho La clashes were a series of military clashes in 1967, between India and China alongside the border of the Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim, then an Indian protectorate. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] The Nathu La clashes started on 11 September 1967, when the People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, and ...
The book provides descriptive accounts of the period after the first India-China War in 1962, leading to the India-Pakistan war in 1965. The narrative extends to the period after 1967, which includes the events leading to the India-Pakistan war in 1971, along with the impact and repercussions in history on relations between India and China.
The Indo-China Conference hall at Nathu La. Border Personnel Meeting points are locations along the disputed Sino-Indian territories on Line of Actual Control (LAC) where the armies of both countries hold ceremonial and practical meetings to resolve border issues and improve relations. While border meetings have been held since the 1990s, the ...
The Nathu La and Cho La clashes took place from September–October of 1967. The Nathu La clashes started on 11 September 1967, when China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, and lasted till 15 September 1967. In October 1967, another military duel took place at Cho La and ended on the same day ...
Historically, Nathu La served Gangtok, while Cho La served the former Sikkim capital Tumlong and Jelep La served Kalimpong in West Bengal. [23] Nathu La is mere 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Jelep La, as the crow flies, [ 24 ] but the travel distance could be as much as 10 miles (16 km). [ 19 ]
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India's efforts to occupy the Thag La ridge was the casus belli for the October 1962 Chinese military attack on India. Because there were no other feasible defensive locations north of Tawang , the Indian government had more or less decided that in the event of a new war, they would abandon the Tawang town and prepare for battle at the Se La ...