Topic1962 India-China war

Topic: 1962 India-China war

From 1962 to Ukraine—three lessons for India’s non-alignment policy

+TFP Praveen Swami - 6 March, 2022

Like so often in the past, what New Delhi calls strategic autonomy might just be prettified language for ducking hard choices.

India sits on Black Top with Helmet under its boots. A 1962 tactic by China is now likely

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) - 9 September, 2020

For India, it would be naive to celebrate a small operation because China will not respond the way we did for the last four months.

Maharani Gayatri Devi once took on Nehru for the ‘mess’ he made of the 1962 China invasion

John Zubrzycki - 16 August, 2020

In ‘The House of Jaipur’, John Zubrzycki writes about the political and personal lives of India’s golden royal couple, Gayatri Devi and Man Singh.

What PLA’s India specialist officer said in 1962 gives us a clue to how China thinks

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) - 6 August, 2020

Zhang Guozhu communicated the decisions of the Central Military Commission to the frontline troops and hence, was well aware of China’s reasons for the war.

In mountains, China’s military prowess has a vertical limit. 1962 is a half truth

Vivek Chadha - 27 July, 2020

What happens when two competing and nearly comparable military powers like China and India deploy their military might against each other in the Himalayas?

History shows coercion and aggression unsettle PLA. India must look at this option in Ladakh

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) - 25 July, 2020

Whether India’s politico-military establishment is willing to change the narrative, or continue with its restrained response is an acid test for the Modi govt.

Pakistan chuckled while India clashed at LAC. Forgot how China nibbled at its borders too

Tara Kartha - 10 July, 2020

A serious threat may lead to Beijing hitting the pause button on territorial expansion, but in the long run the slow decadal expansionism will not cease.

As India, China face off again, late Brig Dalvi’s memoir on 1962 reminder of what went wrong

Snehesh Alex Philip - 5 July, 2020

Late Brig J.P. Dalvi fought the 1962 war against China and was taken prisoner of war. His scathing words in his book, Himalayan Blunder, ring aloud on his 100th birth anniversary.

22 Medium Regiment, which took part in 1962 war, completes 100 years of its raising

ThePrint Team - 30 June, 2020

In the battle of Bum La and Nuranag of 1962, the regiment played a crucial role in the fight against the Chinese. The regiment also participated in World War I and II.