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    Project Proposal Itihas

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    This document outlines a proposed research project on relations between India and China from the 1950s to 1960s. It begins with an introduction noting how both countries were newly independent after World War 2. The project aims to closely examine the political viewpoints of India and China during this time period and how they led to declining trust. Key events to analyze include the road to the 1962 war, India's strategy and challenges during the war, and renewed relations afterward. Taking this historical approach can provide lessons for modern India-China relations, given recent border issues. The proposed method is to analyze influences from World War 2 through 1967, with a focus on less known facts that shaped the countries' interactions.

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    This document outlines a proposed research project on relations between India and China from the 1950s to 1960s. It begins with an introduction noting how both countries were newly independent after World War 2. The project aims to closely examine the political viewpoints of India and China during this time period and how they led to declining trust. Key events to analyze include the road to the 1962 war, India's strategy and challenges during the war, and renewed relations afterward. Taking this historical approach can provide lessons for modern India-China relations, given recent border issues. The proposed method is to analyze influences from World War 2 through 1967, with a focus on less known facts that shaped the countries' interactions.

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    This document outlines a proposed research project on relations between India and China from the 1950s to 1960s. It begins with an introduction noting how both countries were newly independent after World War 2. The project aims to closely examine the political viewpoints of India and China during this time period and how they led to declining trust. Key events to analyze include the road to the 1962 war, India's strategy and challenges during the war, and renewed relations afterward. Taking this historical approach can provide lessons for modern India-China relations, given recent border issues. The proposed method is to analyze influences from World War 2 through 1967, with a focus on less known facts that shaped the countries' interactions.

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    Project Proposal Itihas

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    This document outlines a proposed research project on relations between India and China from the 1950s to 1960s. It begins with an introduction noting how both countries were newly independent after World War 2. The project aims to closely examine the political viewpoints of India and China during this time period and how they led to declining trust. Key events to analyze include the road to the 1962 war, India's strategy and challenges during the war, and renewed relations afterward. Taking this historical approach can provide lessons for modern India-China relations, given recent border issues. The proposed method is to analyze influences from World War 2 through 1967, with a focus on less known facts that shaped the countries' interactions.

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    Topic

    India-China relations: From brief brotherhood to broad


    border issues

    Introduction

    To look at how India-China relations had been in the


    1950’s and 1960’s. More particularly, when these two
    nations were still young(teenagers), had recently gained
    independence, had revolutions, and the world was still
    recovering from the aftermath of WW2, these nations
    emerged. There is a need to understand the policies
    (especially militia) of these two nations to understand
    how their relations went through time. More particular
    1954 panchsheel, 1962 india-china war and 1967
    incursion in bhutan. These two nations have a deep
    history of cultures, here we look at it from a modern
    perspective.

    Aim

    To closely examine the political viewpoint of both


    nations, and how it led to a contraction in faith. Moreover
    to look at how the two nations juggled between internal
    and external policies.
    Some points to highlight are
    1] The road to 1962 war
    2] India 's strategy in that war ? Pitfalls and bravery
    3] Renewed india china relations
    If possible we can also give some counterfactual
    analysis and some other theories

    Why this ?

    This project has both significance in present time given


    recent india-china skirmishes and china's growing
    influence in the world. Also there has been few talks
    about this episode in the country, where this whole 1962
    incident could teach us a lot. We'll try to come up with
    an innovative way to enhance the understanding of this
    project and to convince why this is a viable project to do.

    Approach Plan

    We would first look back at WW2 CBI theatre to


    understand how that affected relations between India
    and china. Then we'll skip the Indian independence
    story, most of it has to be reiterated and is already
    common knowledge (no talks about Pakistan at all).
    However we'll look at some less known facts that are
    equally useful in shaping india-china relations.
    We'll also look at the power struggle in China, better
    known as the Chinese Civil war and India 's reaction to
    it.
    Then we shift our focus on Chinese illegal annexation of
    Tibet, this a turning point as the first time India and
    China share borders.
    India's approach of appeasement towards China.
    Then comes the ignored warnings, fear of army coup,
    Chinese encroachment, and finally a war (which nobody
    declared).
    Well look in detail at India's military strategy (forward
    policy) and battle plan.
    At last We'll look at renewed relations between
    India-China.
    Finally we'll look till 1967 where India changed its
    military strategy and focused on modernisation.

    Forward

    The project is both exciting and unique, however


    there are some really good reports written over it. It
    remains to much surprise that this whole incident
    has not been well documented. Any suggestions
    would be welcome and we look ahead to continue
    in the same fashion.

    Best,
    Team इतिहास

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