ISSUE 11 | NOVEMBER 2019
BIKERS CLUB | MAGAZINE | PAGE 59
China declared a ceasefire.
A BRIEF HISTORY
It's always good to be with likeminded people around
you. I spent a quality time in NERM but as word spreads
faster than speed of light, me taking a ride from
KIBITHOO TO KOTESHWAR (EAST - WEST) ride with
a "Save The Girl Child" cause spreaded. Everyone there
was far more excited than me and wished me luck for
it.
I am not so much active in Social Media but this newer
generations are unlike me, before my start of that ride
word spreaded in Social Media too, it feels good, that
your ride is being noticed but I am not the one who
keeps "Ga...Ga" about my rides. I ride for a cause, for the
country and lastly for myself. And where ever I get
opportunity I visit war memorials because I belonged
there, those who died were amongst us, and they got
the opportunity to die for the country which
unfortunately I didn't but paying homage to those
memorials and soldiers makes me feel proud and
patriot and grounded.
So I planned my ride in such a way that I would be able
to pay homage to the Martyrs of "SINO - INDIA WAR
OF 1962 - THE BATTLE OF WALONG."
After attending NERM and a sendoff from Royal Enfield
Riders Association of Meghalaya (RERAM), I headed for
Walong to pay my homage at Walong War Memorial.
SINO - INDIA WAR OF 1962 & THE BATTLE OF
WALONG
India never suspected that China would ever launch an
attack, but it did. India was attacked on October 20,
1962 in what famously came to be known as Sino-India
was of 1962. The belief of not ever being attacked by
China did not let the Indian Army prepare and result
was the standoff between 10,000 - 20,000 Indian
troops and 80,000 Chinese troops. The war continued
for about a month and ended on November 21, after
With the independence of the Republic of India
and the formation of the People's Republic of
China (PRC) in the year 1949, one of the policies for
the Indian government was that of maintaining
cordial relations with China.
When china announced that it would be
occupying Tibet, India sent a letter of protest
proposing negotiations on the Tibet issue. China
was even more active in deploying troops on the
Aksai Chin border than any other Indian republic
was.
India was so concerned about it's relations with
China that it did not even attend a conference for
the conclusion of a peace treaty with Japan
because China was not invited. India even strove to
become China's representative in matters related
to world since China had been isolated from many
issues.
In 1954, China and India concluded the Five
principles of Peaceful Coexistence, under which,
India acknowledged Chinese rule in Tibet. It was at
this time when former Prime Minister of India,
Jawaharlal Nehru promoted the slogan "Hindi-
Chini bhai-bhai."
In July 1954, Nehru wrote a memo directing a
revision in the maps of India to show definite
boundaries on all frontiers; however, Chinese maps
showed some 120,000 square kilometers of Indian
territory as Chinese. On being questioned, Zhou
Enlai, the first Premier of People's Republic of
China, responded that there were errors in the
maps.
Top People's Republic of China leader, Mao
Zedong felt humiliated by the reception Dalai
Lama obtained in India when he fled there in
March 1959. Tensions increased between the two
nations when Mao stated that the Lhasa rebellion
in Tibet was caused by Indians.
China's perception of India as a threat to it's rule of
Tibet became one of the most prominent reasons
for the Sino-India War.
Various conflicts and military incidents between
India and china flared up throughout the summer
of 1962.
On July 10, 1962, around 350 Chinese troops
surrounded an Indian post at Chushul and used
loudspeakers to convince the Gurkhas that they
should not be fighting for India.