. Tensions increased between the two nations when Mao stated that the Lhasa rebellion in Tibet was caused by Indians. China’s perception of India as a threat to its rule of Tibet became one of the most prominent reasons for the Sino- Indian War. In October , India realised that it was not ready for war after a clash between the two armies at Kongka Pass, in which nine Indian policemen were killed, the country assumed responsibility for the border and pulled back patrols from disputed areas.
On October , , China’s People’s Liberation Army invaded India in Ladakh, and crossed the McMahon Line in the then North-East Frontier Agency. Till the start of the war, the Indian side was confident that war would not be started and made little preparations. India had deployed only two divisions of troops in the region of the conflict, while the Chinese troops had three regiments positioned. In , the world’s two most populous countries went to war.
The Sino-Indian War claimed about , lives and played out in the harsh terrain of the Karakoram Mountains, some , meters ( , feet) above sea level. After hundreds of more deaths and an American threat to intervene on behalf of the Indians, the two sides declared a formal ceasefire on November , . The Chinese announced that they would “withdraw from their present positions to the north of the McMahon Line.” Thus, the India-China War of ended and Colombo Conference was convened by Non-Aligned activist to resolve the dispute amicably. India-China War, ( Pursuant to growing tension between India and China and the war, Mrs.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike convened what came to be known as the Colombo Conference, bringing together the leaders of Burma, Cambodia, Egypt, Ghana and Indonesia to mediate and reach a possible solution to the conflict between the two Asian giants. India accepted the principles of the Colombo Conference in toto while China accepted them in principle, as the basis to start negotiation. Six-Nation Colombo Conference- ( December ) Even