Nathu La and Cho La incidents
| Sino-Indian War of 1967 | |||||||||
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.svg.png) The war occurred in the Kingdom of Sikkim, between China and India. | |||||||||
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 India |
 China | ||||||||
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Indira Gandhi |
Mao Zedong | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 88 killed and 163 wounded in Cho La and the Nathu La incidents combined[3] | 340 killed and 450 wounded in Cho La and Nathu La incidents combined[3] | ||||||||
The Sino-Indian War of 1967, also known as the Nathu La and Cho La incidents, (1 – 10 October 1967) were a series of military clashes between India and China in the Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim, then an Indian protectorate. The Chinese People's Liberation Army infiltrated parts of Sikkim[4] on 1 October 1967, but was repulsed by the Indian Army by 10 October. During the Cho La and Nathu La incidents, Indian losses were 88 killed in action and 163 wounded,[3] while Chinese casualties were 340 killed in action and 450 wounded.[5][3]
The end of the conflicts saw a Chinese military withdrawal from Sikkim after being defeated by Indian forces.[1][6][7]
Sikkim became an Indian state in 1975,[4] which was not recognised by China. In 2003, China recognised Sikkim as an Indian state, on condition that India accept that the Tibet Autonomous Region was a part of China, even though India had already done so back in 1953.[8][9][10][11] This mutual agreement led to a thaw in Sino-Indian relations.[12]
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References
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- 1 2 3 4 Chengappa, Bidanda M. (2004). India-China relations: post conflict phase to post cold war period. A.P.H. Pub. Corp. p. 63. ISBN 978-81-7648-538-8.
- 1 2 Bruce Elleman; Stephen Kotkin; Clive Schofield (2015). Beijing's Power and China's Borders: Twenty Neighbors in Asia. M.E. Sharpe. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-7656-2766-7.
- ↑ http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/30868/6/06_chapter%202.pdf
- ↑ "50 years after Sino-Indian war". Millennium Post. 16 May 1975. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ↑ "Kirantis' khukris flash at Chola in 1967". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ Aspects of India's International Relations, 1700 to 2000: South Asia and the World. Pearson. p. 87.
- ↑ Eekelen, Willem Frederik. Indian Foreign Policy and the Border Dispute with China.
- ↑ Iqbal Singh. Between Two Fires: Towards an Understanding of Jawaharlal Nehru's, Volume II.
- ↑ "India and China agree over Tibet". BBC News.
- ↑ Baruah, Amit (12 April 2005). "China backs India's bid for U.N. Council seat". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
