Question
Describe India - China relations from 1947 to 1962.
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Answer
Indo-China relations from 1947-1962:
- After the Chinese revolution in 1949, India was one of the first countries to recognise the communist government of China.
- When China annexed Tibet in 1950, both the countries developed some differences.
- In 1954, joint enunciation of Panchsheel was made by Indian Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai.
- In 1959, India gave political asylum to Dalai Lama. This annoyed China.
- In 1962, China invaded the territory of India and relations between both the countries got strained.
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