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1962 Sino-Indian Conflict : Battle of Eastern Ladakh

Agnivesh kumar

Sino-Indian conflict of 1962 in Eastern Ladakh was fought in the area between Karakoram Pass in the North to Demchok in the South East. The area under territorial dispute at that time was only the Aksai Chin plateau in the north east corner of Ladakh through which the Chinese had constructed Western Highway linking Xinjiang Province to Lhasa. The Chinese aim of initially claiming territory right upto the line – Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) – Track Junction and thereafter capturing it in October 1962 War was to provide depth to the Western Highway