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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 Sino-Indian War between China and India occurred in October–November 1962. A disputed Himalayan border was the main cause of the war. There had been a series of violent border skirmishes between the two countries after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, when India granted asylum to the Dalai Lama.
Dictionary of the Politics of the People's Republic of China. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-15450-2. Military Power of the People’s Republic of China, 2007. Department of Defense: Annual Report. Zhu, Zhiqun. (editor). (2011). The People's Republic of China Today: Internal and External Challenges. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. ISBN 981-4313-50-5
China disowns the McMahon Line agreement, stating that Tibet was not independent when it signed the Simla Convention. The 1962 Sino-Indian War was fought in both disputed areas. Chinese troops attacked Indian border posts in Ladakh in the west and crossed the McMahon line in the east.
Chinese studies of the 1990s still maintain that India was planning aggression in Tibet. Most Chinese scholars believe that the root cause of the war was India's plan to seize Tibet and turn it into a protectorate or colony of India. [40] The official Chinese history of the war states that Nehru was planning to create a "great Indian empire".
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Other events of 1962 History of China • Timeline • Years: Events from the year 1962 in China. Incumbents Chairman ...