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1967 – When India beat back the Chinese.
India and China had a brief face-off during the months of September and October in the year 1967. The Indian military’s self-esteem was wounded after the 1962 debacle. This was a chance to get even with the mighty Dragon and the Indian Army was not going to let it go that easily.
It all started when the Chinese gave an ultimatum to vacate both Nathu La and Jelep La passes on Sikkim-Tibet border during the 1965 War to pressurise India. Since the border was not properly demarcated, minor scuffles used to take place at Nathu La and other parts of the border. Indian military hierarchy decided to lay a wire in the centre of the Pass from Nathu La to Sebu La to demarcate the perceived border. When the soldiers were laying down the wires, a section of infantry led by the Chinese Political Commissar approached the engineers and asked them to stop their work. Refusing to back down, the soldiers carried on with the wire laying. An argument broke out and in the ensuing scuffle the commissar got roughed up.
The Chinese went back to their bunkers and opened up with a barrage of medium machine gun fire. The Indian soldiers were caught in the open, resulting in heavy casualties. The MMG fire was followed by heavy artillery firing but failed to be effective as they did not have good observation posts. The Indian side responded in kind. Indian artillery fire with the help of their observation posts, was so effective that most of the Chinese bunkers on the North shoulder of the pass were completely destroyed and Chinese suffered very heavy casualties. The artillery duel thereafter carried on day and night for the next three days. On 14th September, the Chinese came about with an uneasy ceasefire agreement.
But trouble flared up again twenty days later when on 1st October 1967 a face-off between Indian and China took place at Cho La, another pass on Sikkim-Tibet border a few kilometres north of Nathu La. The Chinese entered our territory and tried to mark it as their own. The ensuing battle was hard and brutal, fought with HMGs, mortars and artillery. Finally the Chinese were forced to withdraw nearly three kilometres back to a feature named Kam Barracks where they remain deployed till date. During whole conflict Indian losses were 88 killed, and 163 wounded, while Chinese casualties were 300 killed and 450 wounded in Nathu La, and 40 in Cho La.
Accurate Arty Firing is Indian Strength acknowledged by both friends in East and West.
India and China had a brief face-off during the months of September and October in the year 1967. The Indian military’s self-esteem was wounded after the 1962 debacle. This was a chance to get even with the mighty Dragon and the Indian Army was not going to let it go that easily.
It all started when the Chinese gave an ultimatum to vacate both Nathu La and Jelep La passes on Sikkim-Tibet border during the 1965 War to pressurise India. Since the border was not properly demarcated, minor scuffles used to take place at Nathu La and other parts of the border. Indian military hierarchy decided to lay a wire in the centre of the Pass from Nathu La to Sebu La to demarcate the perceived border. When the soldiers were laying down the wires, a section of infantry led by the Chinese Political Commissar approached the engineers and asked them to stop their work. Refusing to back down, the soldiers carried on with the wire laying. An argument broke out and in the ensuing scuffle the commissar got roughed up.
The Chinese went back to their bunkers and opened up with a barrage of medium machine gun fire. The Indian soldiers were caught in the open, resulting in heavy casualties. The MMG fire was followed by heavy artillery firing but failed to be effective as they did not have good observation posts. The Indian side responded in kind. Indian artillery fire with the help of their observation posts, was so effective that most of the Chinese bunkers on the North shoulder of the pass were completely destroyed and Chinese suffered very heavy casualties. The artillery duel thereafter carried on day and night for the next three days. On 14th September, the Chinese came about with an uneasy ceasefire agreement.
But trouble flared up again twenty days later when on 1st October 1967 a face-off between Indian and China took place at Cho La, another pass on Sikkim-Tibet border a few kilometres north of Nathu La. The Chinese entered our territory and tried to mark it as their own. The ensuing battle was hard and brutal, fought with HMGs, mortars and artillery. Finally the Chinese were forced to withdraw nearly three kilometres back to a feature named Kam Barracks where they remain deployed till date. During whole conflict Indian losses were 88 killed, and 163 wounded, while Chinese casualties were 300 killed and 450 wounded in Nathu La, and 40 in Cho La.
Accurate Arty Firing is Indian Strength acknowledged by both friends in East and West.
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