July 2017: Reports emerge of troops buildup and a standoff between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Sikkim region.Īugust 2017: Indian and Chinese border troops clash in the disputed Ladakh region of the Himalayas. September 2014: Reports of scuffles between the troops of India and China emerge in Chuma sector of Ladakh region, just days before Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India. There is an increase in reports of border skirmishes between Indian and Chinese troops. October 2009: China objects to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh.Ģ010s: China changed its stance once again to support Pakistan against India at the UN.Ĭhina also develops plans to make heavy investments amounting to more than $50 billion for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. ![]() May 2007: China denies a visa to Arunachal Pradesh's chief minister, saying the state is, in fact, a part of China, and residents do not require a visa to visit their own country. Kargil war 1999: China takes a neutral stance over the war between India and Pakistan in Kargil. ![]() March 1963: Pakistan and China reach settlement over an area between northern Kashmir and Xinjiang region.ġ965: India and China accuse each other of transgressions in contested border territories.Īpril 1975: China condemns the merger of Sikkim with India.Īpril 1976: India and China restore diplomatic representation to the ambassadorial status after a 15-year pause.ġ980s: US involvement and growing influence in Pakistan during the Afghan war prompts China once again to take a neutral stance on the Kashmir dispute.ĭecember 1986: Beijing condemns New Delhi’s proclamation of disputed Arunachal Pradesh as a state of the union government.ġ990s and 2000s : India and China engage in several dispute resolution mechanisms as well as confidence-building measures pertaining to border issues. October 1962: War breaks out between India and China with Beijing taking control of around 40,000 sq km of territory in Kashmir, called Aksai Chin, as India loses the war.Ĭhina changes its neutral stance over Kashmir and throws support behind Pakistan over the issue. September 1959: Chinese premier Zhou Enlai in a letter to his Indian counterpart makes formal declaration claiming sovereignty over the Ladakh region of eastern Kashmir. March 1959: Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, flees the crackdown and is granted asylum in India.īeijing lays claim to almost 80,000 sq km of India-controlled territory in Sikkim and protected country, Bhutan. October 1949: Communist leader Mao Zedong proclaims China as the Peoples' Republic of China.ġ950: China sends its troops to Tibet and takes control of the remote mountainous region that declared independence in 1913.ġ958: An uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet erupts and troops crush it the following year. The Line of Control or the de-facto border between the two sides in Kashmir is established. January 1948: As the violence continues, India approaches the United Nations on January 1.Īpril 1948: UN passes a resolution demanding a ceasefire as well as a free and fair plebiscite for the people of the Kashmir region to decide their fate after the removal of troops from the region. Pakistani Pakhtun tribals cross into Kashmir upon rebels' invitation.īoth Pakistan and India claim the disputed Kashmir region in its entirety. ![]() The Hindu ruler with the help of India's militant group RSS, massacres thousands of Muslims in southern Jammu region, altering its demographics. ![]() October 1947: The maharaja secretly accedes the territory to India on condition that the state retains autonomy except in defence, currency, and foreign affairs-related issues. September 1947: Muslims in Kashmir launch another rebellion with hopes of merging the region with Pakistan. The British had in the past helped the maharaja quell several attempts by the Muslims to rid themselves of the Dogra rule particularly in 1865, 1924, and 1931. Maharaja Hari Singh, a Hindu belonging to the Dogra dynasty, rules the region where Muslim subjects are accorded fewer rights than the Hindus. After the British partitioned the Indian subcontinent, New Delhi accepted the McMahon lines as its international boundary with China but Beijing refused to accept the lines drawn by the foreign colonisers, asserting they were not signatories to the British treaties.Īugust 1947: The fate of the northern princely state of Kashmir hangs in the balance as the British rulers carve India into Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.
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