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title: "Sino-Indian Border War"
year: 1962
country: "India"
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recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1962-10-20"
endDate: "1962-11-21"
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# Sino-Indian Border War

> China's rapid military incursion into disputed Himalayan territory fundamentally reshaped regional geopolitics and dashed Nehru's vision of Asian solidarity.

## Summary

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. Fighting occurred along India's border with China, in India's North-East Frontier Agency east of Bhutan, and in Aksai Chin west of Nepal.

## Sources

- [Sino-Indian border war](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_War) - Wikipedia

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