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    China India Himalayan: China War and Sino-Indian Border Conflict

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    The Sino-Indian War occurred in 1962 along the disputed Himalayan border between China and India. China launched attacks in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line in October 1962 after diplomatic negotiations with India broke down over border issues. Chinese forces advanced over Indian troops in both areas. A ceasefire was declared on November 20, 1962, with China withdrawing to its claimed "Line of Actual Control". The war highlighted the territorial tensions that existed between the two countries.

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    The Sino-Indian War occurred in 1962 along the disputed Himalayan border between China and India. China launched attacks in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line in October 1962 after diplomatic negotiations with India broke down over border issues. Chinese forces advanced over Indian troops in both areas. A ceasefire was declared on November 20, 1962, with China withdrawing to its claimed "Line of Actual Control". The war highlighted the territorial tensions that existed between the two countries.

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    The Sino-Indian War occurred in 1962 along the disputed Himalayan border between China and India. China launched attacks in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line in October 1962 after diplomatic negotiations with India broke down over border issues. Chinese forces advanced over Indian troops in both areas. A ceasefire was declared on November 20, 1962, with China withdrawing to its claimed "Line of Actual Control". The war highlighted the territorial tensions that existed between the two countries.

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    The Sino-Indian War, also known as the Indo-

    China War and Sino-Indian Border Conflict,


    was a war between China and India that occurred
    in 1962. A disputed Himalayan border was the
    main cause of the war, but other issues also
    played a role. There had been a series of violent
    border skirmishes between the two countries after
    the  proclaimed by Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in
    1959.[13]
    Chinese military action grew increasingly
    aggressive after India rejected proposed Chinese
    diplomatic settlements throughout 1960–1962,
    with China re-commencing previously-banned
    "forward patrols" in Ladakh from 30 April 1962.[14]
    [15]
     China finally abandoned all attempts of
    peaceful resolution on 20 October 1962, invading
    disputed territory along the 3,225 kilometre-
    (2,000-mile-) long Himalayan border in Ladakh
    and across the McMahon Line.[16] Chinese troops
    advanced over Indian forces in both theatres,
    capturing Rezang La in Chushul in the western
    theatre, as well as Tawang in the eastern theatre.
    The war ended when China declared
    a ceasefire on 20 November 1962, and
    simultaneously announced its withdrawal to its
    claimed "Line of Actual Control".
    Much of the fighting took place in harsh mountain
    conditions, entailing large-scale combat at
    altitudes of over 4,000 metres (14,000 feet).[17] The
    Sino-Indian War was also notable for the lack of
    deployment of naval and aerial assets by either
    China or India.
    As the Sino-Soviet split heated up, Moscow made
    a major effort to support India, especially with the
    sale of advanced MiG fighter-aircraft. The United
    States and Britain refused to sell advanced
    weaponry to India, causing it to turn to the Soviet
    Union.[18]
    1959 Tibetan uprising, when India granted asylum
    to the Dalai Lama. India initiated a
    defensive Forward Policy from 1960 to hinder
    Chinese military patrols and logistics, in which it
    placed outposts along the border, including
    several north of the McMahon Line, the eastern
    portion of the Line of Actual ControlFollowing the
    end of the war, both sides kept forward armed
    positions and a number of small clashes broke
    out, but no large-scale fighting ensued.

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