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Describe India-China relations from 1947 to 1962.

Answer:

Indo-China relations from 1947-1962:

(i) After the Chinese revolution in 1949, India was one of the first countries to recognize the Communist Government of China.

(ii) When China annexed Tibet in 1950, both the countries developed some differences.

(iii) In 1954, joint enunciation of Panchsheel was made by Indian Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai.

(iv) In 1959, India gave political asylum to Dalai Lama. This annoyed China.

(v) In 1962, China invaded the territory of India and relations between both the countries got strained.