Sino-Indian War Arunachal Pradesh

the nefa (north-east frontier agency) created in 1954. issue quiet decade, period of cordial sino-indian relations, resurgence in 1960 factor leading sino-indian border conflict of 1962. during war in 1962, china captured of area of arunachal pradesh. however, china declared victory, withdrew mcmahon line , returned indian prisoners of war in 1963. believed commentators mao wanted intimidate india continued support of dalai lama, , stance on tibet being independent state , not chinese territory. there significant influx of tibetan refugees india, dharamshala in north india.

the war resulted in termination of barter trade tibet, although since 2007 indian government has shown signs of wanting resume barter trade.

tawang

tawang monastery (tibetan buddhist)

in recent years, china has made statements in conjunction claims on tawang. india has rebutted these claims chinese government , indian prime minister has informed chinese government tawang integral part of india. india reiterated chinese prime minister when 2 prime ministers met in thailand in october 2009. reported during 2016, chinese army had briefly invaded arunachal pradesh. refuted minister of state home affairs, kiren rijiju. later, in april 2017, publicized visit tawang dalai lama (and earlier visit ambassador india) objected china , thought have strained indo-china relations. china has objected dalai lama s visits area.