Dr Kumar

Every year, as October and November approach, a flood of articles revisits the 1962 Sino-Indian conflict. Most repeat familiar themes, the disputed border, the clash of personalities between Mao Zedong and Jawaharlal Nehru, and India’s so-called policy missteps. Yet, recent research challenges this well-worn narrative, suggesting that the entire episode must be re-examined.

On 20 October 1962, Chinese forces launched a well-coordinated offensive across the Himalayan frontier, striking Indian positions from Ladakh to the North-East Frontier Agency, now Arunachal Pradesh, while persistently claiming it to be a mere counter-attack. The fighting lasted barely a month before China announced a unilateral ceasefire on 20 November. India, taken by surprise by the scale and swiftness of

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