By 1967, relations between India and China had hit a low. Arguments over a border fence led to to two deadly battles in the Himalayas of Sikkim China border in September-October 1967. Gorkhas and Grenadier troops of the Indian army demolished Chinese PLA forces in these battles. Over 500 died in the battles and a thousand were injured.
In his book Watershed-1967: India’s Forgotten Victory Over China, author Probal DasGupta, a former army veteran, looks at what led to the battles of 1967 and the long-term impact it had on Indo-China relations.
Read the excerpt from The Quint
