In 1947, at the time of independence, Aksai Chin was part of India. After independence in 1947, the Indian government established its official border to the west, including the Aksai Chin, in a manner similar to the Ardagh-Johnson lineage. India`s basis for defining the border is “mainly due to long use and habit.” [28] Unlike the Johnson Line, India has not claimed the northern areas near Shahidulla and De Khotan. From the Karakorum Pass (which is not disputed), the Indian claim line extends northeast of the Karakorum Mountains, north of the salt plains of Aksai Chin, to establish a border near the Kunlun Mountains and integrate part of the Karakash and Yarkand River basins. From there, it passes east along the Kunlun Mountains, before turning southwest through the salt plains of Aksai Chin, the Karakorum Mountains, and then Lake Pangong. [13] During and after the 1950s, when India began patrolling and mapping this area, they confirmed what the 1914 Simla Agreement represented: six crossings that interrupted the main Himalayan watershed. At the westernest point near Bhutan, north of Tawang, they modified their maps to widen their claim line northwards to include features such as Thag Laridge, Longju and Khinzemane as Indian territory. [13] the Indian version of the McMahon line moves the Bhutan-China-India trijunction northward at 27-51`30″N of 27-45`N.[13] India would claim: that the contract map worked along features such as Thag La Ridge, although the contractual map itself is topographically vague (the contract is not accompanied by a delimitation) in some places , a straight line (not a watershed) near and the treaty does not contain an oral description of geographic characteristics or description of the highest ridges. [13] [35] The clashes between Nathu La and Cho La in 1967 were a series of military clashes between India and China on the border of the Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim, then an Indian protectorate.
The end of the conflict saw the withdrawal of the Chinese army from Sikkim. The 15 June border conflict reportedly took place during an obvious “de-escalation process”, weeks after “high-ranking military commanders from both countries” agreed on 6 June to “peacefully resolve the situation in the border areas, in accordance with various bilateral agreements”. The collision on the ridge reportedly involved hand-to-hand combat with iron bars, stones and fists, resulting in the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese soldiers.