The Sino-Indian border self-defense counterattack is a self-defense counterattack operation conducted by the border troops of the Chinese People's Liberation Army stationed in ** and Xinjiang in the Sino-Indian border area in 1962 against Indian troops invading Chinese territory.
The Sino-Indian border self-defense counterattack lasted 1 month, and in the eastern sector, Chinese border guards advanced to the south of the "McMahon Line" near the traditional Xi line;In the western sector, all positions of the Indian army in China were cleared. A total of more than 8,700 Indian troops were killed and captured, and a large number of first-class equipment and materials were seized.
On December 14 and 16, 1962, China** sent two notes informing India** that it would take the initiative to withdraw from the friendly relations between the Chinese and Indian peoples. On December 17, 1962, the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army issued an order: ** The border troops of the ** Military Region voluntarily withdrew along the entire Sino-Indian border on December 21, 1962. By March 1, 1963, it had withdrawn to an area 20 kilometers north of the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control between China and India on November 7, 1959. Subsequently, China returned a large amount of captured equipment to India and released 3,900 captured officers and soldiers.
The Sino-Indian border self-defense counterattack is a border operation with a limited scale and time. China's voluntary withdrawal of troops after its victory has demonstrated China's consistent position of resolving the border issue through peaceful negotiations and opposing the use of force to change the status quo on the border.