Jagmohan Sharma

It was 20th of October 1962 when the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) literally rolled down over the Thangla Ridge (16,900 ft) on the NEFA frontier (presently Arunachal Pradesh) into India. This was after a sustained build up by the Chinese over time. To quote Chairman Mao of China, this was to “teach India a lesson” for its “transgression” on the “border” between the two countries. It is believed that around 600 soldiers of the Indian Army, completely unprepared,clothed in summer uniform, poorly fed, poorly supplied, low on arms and ammunition and other military tools and tackles, with no place to take shelter in, were pitted against a well-entrenched, fully motivated and trained, strategically deployed Chinese Army with a strength of around 20,000 soldiers. Chinese

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