Sino-Indian War Begins

Date: October 20, 1962 • Location: Hezuo, China

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1962.

China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.

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