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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 Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) is an organisation responsible for fostering coordination and enabling prioritisation across the different branches of the Indian Armed Forces. It is composed of representatives from the Indian Army , Indian Navy , Indian Air Force , Ministry of External Affairs , Defence Research and Development Organisation ...
Tajikistan – airbases at Farkhor and Western Dushanbe [1] [2] [3] - airbase at Ayni Air Force Base, also known as Gissar Air Base, is a military air base in Tajikistan, 10 km (6.2 mi) west of the capital Dushanbe.The base is jointly operated by the Indian Air Force and the Tajik Air Force. It is India's second overseas air base after Farkhor.
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 China–India border, showing two large disputed areas in Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh and several smaller disputes (a map by the CIA). The Joint Working Group (JWG) was the first official bilateral administrative mechanism formed after the 1962 Sino-Indian War by India and China to discuss the boundary question with the aim of finding a solution.
In 2012 160th brigade was recomposed and was an element of 54th group army. Retired Lieutenant General Dong Zhanlin, who commanded 130th division in Sino-Indian war, attended its recomposing ceremony. In 2017 it was reorganized as the 160th Heavy Combined Arms Brigade (Chinese: 重型合成第160旅) and transferred to the 71st Group Army.
At least 6 Indian soldiers sustained grievous wounds in combat and were flown to the Guwahati-based Indian army's 151 base hospital for treatment. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Indian estimates of the strength of the attacking Chinese force vary from a minimum of 200 to a higher count of about 600 troops.
Beginning on 5 May 2020, Chinese and Indian troops engaged in aggressive melee, face-offs, and skirmishes at locations along the Sino-Indian border, including near the disputed Pangong Lake in Ladakh and the Tibet Autonomous Region, and near the border between Sikkim and the Tibet Autonomous Region.