India China 1962 War

It was never the plan to send the Alphas to Galwan. But they ended up at the post in October: unexpectedly and without much preparation.

The strategically important 'Fingers', the spurs located on the northern bank of Pangong Tso in Ladakh, have been talked about a lot. But few know about the battle of Sirjap, located north of the beautiful lake.

In the latest faux pas, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar while narrating an anecdote referred to the 1962 India-China war as "alleged Chinese invasion".

"Major Shaitan Singh's body was still resting on a boulder, and his hands held an LMG with the trigger depressed. Wild birds had feasted on his nose and eyes already, and the terrible cold turned his entire face black."

Brigadier Amar Jit Singh Behl, a veteran of the 1962 India-China war, died yesterday at the age of 82 at a military hospital in Haryana's Chandimandir.

BJP leader and Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the period of the India-China war in 1962 will forever be etched as a dark and humiliating chapter in the history of independent India.

Referring to the India-China War of 1962, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday targeted the Congress party over the then political leadership of former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Defence Minister Krishna Menon.

China on Monday claimed ownership of Arunachal Pradesh - which Beijing calls South Tibet - and Aksai Chin - occupied during the 1962 war - in the 2023 edition of its 'standard map'.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had cited recent report by senior officer in Ladakh that said India has lost access to 26 of 65 patrolling points in the region

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will today visit the site of a battle fought between Indian and Chinese troops in 1962 in Ladakh's Rezang La, where he will inaugurate a renovated war memorial.

Shiv Sena on Friday said that the current situation in Ladakh is as severe as that of 1962, apparently referring to India-China war, but asserted that the Indian Army will not allow the history to repeat.

Sharad Pawar's comments about the 1962 war with China have drawn a response from the Maharashtra Congress, once more underscoring the rift between the state's ruling allies. Maharashtra Congress leader and the state's Energy Minister Nitin Raut today said the situation in 1962 was different and Sharad Pawar should have rectified the mistakes when h...

Amid a war of words between the Congress and the BJP over the face-off with China, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said matters of national security shouldn't be politicised and added one cannot forget China had captured about 45,000 sqkm of Indian territory after the 1962 war.

The time has come to send a strong message to China and India should take back the Aksai Chin region occupied by Chinese forces since the 1962 war, BJP leader Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, the parliamentarian from Ladakh told NDTV on Thursday.

China on Friday said it has not provoked a "single war or conflict" or "invaded a single square" of foreign land, skirting any reference to the 1962 war with India.

It was never the plan to send the Alphas to Galwan. But they ended up at the post in October: unexpectedly and without much preparation.

The strategically important 'Fingers', the spurs located on the northern bank of Pangong Tso in Ladakh, have been talked about a lot. But few know about the battle of Sirjap, located north of the beautiful lake.

In the latest faux pas, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar while narrating an anecdote referred to the 1962 India-China war as "alleged Chinese invasion".

"Major Shaitan Singh's body was still resting on a boulder, and his hands held an LMG with the trigger depressed. Wild birds had feasted on his nose and eyes already, and the terrible cold turned his entire face black."

Brigadier Amar Jit Singh Behl, a veteran of the 1962 India-China war, died yesterday at the age of 82 at a military hospital in Haryana's Chandimandir.

BJP leader and Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the period of the India-China war in 1962 will forever be etched as a dark and humiliating chapter in the history of independent India.

Referring to the India-China War of 1962, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday targeted the Congress party over the then political leadership of former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Defence Minister Krishna Menon.

China on Monday claimed ownership of Arunachal Pradesh - which Beijing calls South Tibet - and Aksai Chin - occupied during the 1962 war - in the 2023 edition of its 'standard map'.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had cited recent report by senior officer in Ladakh that said India has lost access to 26 of 65 patrolling points in the region

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will today visit the site of a battle fought between Indian and Chinese troops in 1962 in Ladakh's Rezang La, where he will inaugurate a renovated war memorial.

Shiv Sena on Friday said that the current situation in Ladakh is as severe as that of 1962, apparently referring to India-China war, but asserted that the Indian Army will not allow the history to repeat.

Sharad Pawar's comments about the 1962 war with China have drawn a response from the Maharashtra Congress, once more underscoring the rift between the state's ruling allies. Maharashtra Congress leader and the state's Energy Minister Nitin Raut today said the situation in 1962 was different and Sharad Pawar should have rectified the mistakes when h...

Amid a war of words between the Congress and the BJP over the face-off with China, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said matters of national security shouldn't be politicised and added one cannot forget China had captured about 45,000 sqkm of Indian territory after the 1962 war.

The time has come to send a strong message to China and India should take back the Aksai Chin region occupied by Chinese forces since the 1962 war, BJP leader Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, the parliamentarian from Ladakh told NDTV on Thursday.

China on Friday said it has not provoked a "single war or conflict" or "invaded a single square" of foreign land, skirting any reference to the 1962 war with India.