Sino-Indian War facts for kids

The Sino-Indian War was a war between India and China, in 1962, over a border dispute in the Himalayas. China won the war, but there were almost no changes in territory.

Images for kids

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  Pre-Simla British map published in 1909 shows the so-called "Outer Line" as India's northern boundary.

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  Postal Map of China published by the Government of China in 1917

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  Traditional borders of Jammu and Kashmir (CIA map). The northern boundary is along the Karakash valley. Aksai Chin is the shaded region in the east.

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  1878 British map, with trade routes between Ladakh and Tarim Basin marked. The border preferred by British Indian Empire, shown in two-toned purple and pink, included the Aksai Chin and narrowed down to the Yarkand River.

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  W. H. Johnson's route to Khotan and back (1865). Johnson's proposed boundary ran along the "norther branch" of the Kunlun Mountains. (Its curvature is exaggerated.)

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  The map of Hung Ta-chen handed to the British consul at Kashgar in 1893. The boundary, marked with a thin dot-dashed line, agrees with the 1878 British map.

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  The McMahon Line is the red line marking the northern boundary of the disputed area.

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  McMahon Line 1914, Map 1

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  The McMahon Line in the Tawang sector.

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  The disputed areas in the western sector, shown in a 1988 map from the CIA.

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  U.S. Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith and Prime Minister Nehru conferring at the time of the conflict. This photograph was taken by the United States Information Service (USIS) and sent to President John F. Kennedy with a letter from Galbraith dated 9 November 1962.

See also

In Spanish: Guerra sino-india para niños