Both nations lay claim to the Aksai Chin region of northeastern Kashmir, which fell into Chinese control during the Sino-Indian War of 1962.

* 2006 – The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.

China attacked some of these outposts, and thus the Sino-Indian War began, which India lost, and China withdrew to pre-war lines in eastern zone at Tawang but retained Aksai Chin which was within British India and was handed over to India after independence.

These requests were rejected by the Kennedy Administration ( which was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis during most of the Sino-Indian War ), leading to a cool down in Indo-US relations.

Some historians attribute this dramatic decline to his surprise and chagrin over the Sino-Indian War, which he perceived as a betrayal of trust.

* 1962 – The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.

* 1962 – China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, beginning the Sino-Indian War.

Nehru was distracted by the Sino-Indian War, but lost territory after China had successfully annexed the territory after launching a successful assault.

The Sino-Indian War is notable for the harsh conditions under which much of the fighting took place, entailling large-scale combat at altitudes of over 4, 250 metres ( 14, 000 feet ).

The Sino-Indian War was also noted for the non-deployment of the navy or air force by either the Chinese or Indian side.

The Sino-Indian War was no different, with many troops on both sides dying in the freezing cold.

* October 10-The Sino-Indian War, a border dispute involving two of the world's largest nations ( India and the People's Republic of China ), begins.

The construction of this highway was one of the triggers for the Sino-Indian War of 1962.

Narayanan's tenures as Indian ambassador to China, the first such high level Indian diplomatic posting in that country after the 1962 Sino-Indian War, and to the USA where he helped arrange Ms. Gandhi's landmark 1982 visit to Washington during the Reagan presidency helped mend India's strained relations with both these countries.

In the aftermath of the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and the formation of military ties between the Chinese People's Republic and Pakistan, Shastri's government decided to expand the defence budget of India's armed forces.

Major flare-ups from time to time have resulted in the Indo-Pakistani Wars and the Sino-Indian War.

After the Sino-Indian War in 1962, India dramatically expanded its military prowess which helped India emerge victorious during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

When it lapsed, relations were already souring, the provision for renewal of the agreement was not taken up, and the Sino-Indian War broke out between the two sides.

According to Goel, he was under surveillance by the Indian government during the 1962 Sino-Indian War.

Lin Biao's military reforms and the success of the 1962 Sino-Indian War impressed Mao.

* Zhang Guohua ( 1914 – 1972 ), military general during the Battle of Chamdo and the Sino-Indian War

Pakistani leaders believed that India, which was still recovering from the disastrous Sino-Indian War, would be unable to deal with a military thrust and a Kashmiri rebellion.

Sino-Indian relations also deteriorated, as border disputes between the two countries erupted into the Sino-Indian war of 1962.

In the past, following the Sino-Indian war of 1962 and due to India's volatile relations with Pakistan, RAW's objectives had also consisted the following:

In the years to follow, she had also founded the Lotus Buddhist Seminary, the Institute for Sino-Indian Buddhist Studies, and had hosted the International Conference on Buddhist Education and Culture.

Sino-Indian relations, also called Indo-China relations, refers to the bilateral relationship between the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) and the Republic of India.

It was also decided to mark the year 2006 as the year of Sino-Indian friendship.

Besides being known for his dedication and perseverance, he has also been regarded as an example for Sino-Indian friendship and collaboration.

The Sino-Indian War, also known as the Sino-Indian Border Conflict, was a war between China and India.

" They supported the Peoples Republic of China on the issues of the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Sino-Indian Border War of 1962, and endorsed both the Great Leap Forward and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, but criticized their characterization of the USSR as social imperialist, fearing that it would lead to Sino-American reproachment.

Not long afterwards, the Sino-Indian Border Conflict occurred and this made any communication attempts with the True Jesus Church in China virtually impossible.

The treaty was disregared in the 1960s, but in the 1970s, the Five Principles again came to be seen as important in Sino-Indian relations, and more generally as norms of relations between states.

Although the Pancha Sila ( Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence ) was the basis of the 1954 Sino-Indian border treaty, in later years, Nehru's foreign policy suffered through increasing Chinese assertiveness over border disputes and Nehru's decision to grant political asylum to the 14th Dalai Lama.

The area was demarcated by the British McMahon Line, drawn along the Himalayas in 1914 as the Sino-Indian border ; India accepts and China rejects this boundary.

India found out after the road was completed, protested against these moves and decided to look for a diplomatic solution to ensure a stable Sino-Indian border.

According to Georgia Tech political analyst, Nehru's policy on Tibet was to create a strong Sino-Indian partnership which would be catalysed through agreement and compromise on Tibet.

Narayanan suggested to Vajpayee that the Rajya Sabha be convened to discuss the conflict, as demanded by several opposition parties ( citing the precedent of Nehru convening a parliamentary session on Vajpayee's demand during the Sino-Indian war in 1962 ) though there was no precedent of convening the Rajya Sabha in isolation during an interregnum.

During the 1962 Sino-Indian war, he was among those leaders who aired China's view on the border issue.

The area was the focus of the 1962 Sino-Indian War.

The Sino-Indian War which followed was a national humiliation for India, with China quickly advancing from the McMahon Line to Rupa and then Chaku ( 65 km southeast of Tawang ) in NEPA's extreme western portion, and in the NEFA's extreme eastern tip advancing to Walong.

Moreover, the USSR was astonished by the Great Leap Forward, had renounced aiding Chinese nuclear weapons development, and refused to side with them in the Sino-Indian War ( 1962 ), by maintaining a moderate relation with India — actions deemed offensive by Mao as Chinese Leader.

Bhutto criticised the U. S. for providing military aid to India during and after the Sino-Indian War of 1962, which was seen as an abrogation of Pakistan's alliance with the United States

One reason was the Sino-Indian War, where a faction of the Indian Communists backed the position of the Indian government, while other sections of the party claimed that it was a conflict between a socialist and a capitalist state, and thus took a pro-Chinese position.