INDIA-CHINA BORDER DISPUTE

                Are you interested to know where the India-China border dispute started? We have been keep getting news about the India- China border issues. Recently it turned high, everywhere you will get a news or some content to read about the India China border dispute and the issues rising there recently. Don’t you want to know about this in detail? The information that we have given below is going to be useful for you to understand why and what is exactly happening between the boundaries of India and China! Come let’s get into the topic now,

HOW INDIA CHINA BORDER DISPUTE STARTED:

                During the Qing dynasty rule in China, Tibet was under China’s control. After the collapse of Qing dynasty, The Tibet proclaimed it’s independence in 1911-1912. In 1913-14, the British and Tibet signed an agreement in Simla and it is called as "Simla Agreement", where McMahon proposed drawing of borders and based on that agreement the McMahon line was drawn.

Till date Chinese government refused to accept the border line based on Simla agreement, in the agreement it is mentioned as Tibet had always been part of China. Aksai Chin is a place, India claims Aksai Chin as a part of India in the western sector. But China used it to invade the Tibet during Dogra kingdom in Kashmir during 1950. In 1953 India made its stand clear on the eastern side by controlling Tawang the territory south of McMahon Line.

After Panchsheel agreement in 1954, the MEA was informed to draw new map with Aksai Chin as the part of India. China did not object to the map and which made Nehru to take as no opposition and China agreed to the border agreement. Later China refused to accept the border based on McMahon line and started building roads in Aksai Chin.

The situation later resulted in Indo-China war which was dominated by China. The major drawback at that time for India was untrained troops for higher altitude, movement of logistics and military equipment’s. After the war India started building its Army and also focused on infrastructure development across Indo-China boarder.

At the end of 1980’s China came forward for ambassador level talk over the border issue. During 1988, PM Rajiv Gandhi went to China and formed Joint Working Group on border issue. Since then the border remained calm.

An agreement to maintain peace was signed on 1993. Then in 1996 and 2006 important confidence building measures on boundary issues were signed.

 

Whats happening now?

    

    On May 2020, Chinese troops trespassed the LAC, so called Line of Control in the Ladakh region and camped inside the Indian Territory. India replied by camping its troops in the disputed area. The reasons behind the trespassing may be the tension over the development of infrastructure in the border areas, and India’s growing defence and security ties with US, Japan and Australia and also India’s support for Tibet.

        At present the two sides are agreed for partial disengagement of the troops in the stand-off areas. There was effective communication taken place and proper handling of situation through diplomatic and military channels. Permanent solution has to be attained in order to avoid this kind of tension in the border issue.

What do you think, Is India and China will engage War again? If it happens who will win? 

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