# Canonical recap data for Sino-Indian Border War (1962)
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slug: sino-indian-war
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1962/sino-indian-war"
title: Sino-Indian Border War
subtitle: China's rapid military incursion into disputed Himalayan territory fundamentally reshaped regional geopolitics and dashed Nehru's vision of Asian solidarity.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1962-10-20
endDate: 1962-11-21
datePrecision: day
year: 1962
decade: 1960
country:
name: India
slug: india
summaryShort: 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 Age
summaryLong: 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.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Indian_soldiers_on_patrol_during_the_1962_Sino-Indian_border_war.jpg/1280px-Indian_soldiers_on_patrol_during_the_1962_Sino-Indian_border_war.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Sino-Indian War"
importance: 80
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_War"
  title: Sino-Indian border war
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: 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 Nove
wikidataQid: Q208694
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260623235402/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_War"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-23
  label: Sino-Indian border war
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_War"
