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Cho La incident

The Cho La incident occurred in the Kingdom of Sikkim, between China and India.
Date1 October — 10 October 1967
Standort
Chola, Kingdom of Sikkim, Indian Protectorate
(now Sikkim, India)
Result Cease Fire (Status quo ante bellum)[1]
Territorial
changes		 China occupies Jelep La.[1]
Indian later incorporate Sikkim in 1975.
Belligerents
China Indien
Commanders and leaders
Zakir Husain
Casualties and losses
unknownCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).</ref> 88 killed & 163 wounded in Cho La and the Nathu La incidents combined.[2]

The 1967 Sino-Indian skirmish also known as the Chola incident, was a day-long skirmish between Indian troops and members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The skirmish occurred on 1 October 1967 at the disputed border between China and the Kingdom of Sikkim, which was at the time an Indian protectorate (Sikkim later became an Indian state in 1975). The Indians lost 36 soldiers and the result of the incident is based on limited information.[3]

Sikkim became an Indian state in 1975,[4] which was not recognized by China. In 2003, China recognized Sikkim as an Indian state, on condition that India accept that the Tibet Autonomous Region was a part of China, even though India had already done so back in 1953.[5][6][7] This mutual agreement led to a thaw in Sino-Indian relations.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b G. V. C. Naidu; Mumin Chen; Raviprasad Narayanan, eds. (2014). India and China in the Emerging Dynamics of East Asia. Springer. p. 103. ISBN 978-81-322-2138-8.
  2. ^ page 63, India-China relations: post conflict phase to post cold war period, A.P.H. Publication. Corp
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fravel2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ p.317, M.E. Sharpe, Bruce Elleman, Stephen Kotkin, Clive Schofield]
  5. ^ Indian Foreign Policy and the Border Dispute with China By Willem Frederik Eekelen, Willem Frederik van Eekelen
  6. ^ Between Two Fires: Towards an Understanding of Jawaharlal Nehru's, Volume II By Iqbal Singh
  7. ^ BBC News: India and China agree over Tibet
  8. ^ Baruah, Amit (12 April 2005). "China backs India's bid for U.N. Council seat". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 March 2009.

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