The Fractured Himalaya: India, Tibet, China, 1949-1962

About the book
In the India-China relationship, the past shadows the present. It shapes current policy options and approaches, and strongly influences public debate in India to this day. While the period from 1949 to 1962 is crucial as Jawaharlal Nehru sought - unsuccessfully - to establish a workable relationship with the Chinese, the pre-independence history of the British colonial government’s relations with Tibet, the genesis of the McMahon Line, Communist China’s military take-over and domination of Tibet, together with the unshakeable foundational belief amongst Indians that the Himalayas form the country’s sacred boundary, combined to powerfully impact India’s relations with China.
Author Nirupama Menon Rao unknots this intensely complex saga. Her telling is based not only on a wide selection of published documents and archival material from India, China, Europe and America, but also on a deep personal knowledge of China where she has served as India’s Ambassador. In addition, she brings a practitioner’s keen eye to the labyrinth of negotiations and official interactions that took place between the two countries from 1949 to 1962.
The Fractured Himalaya is an examination of the workings of diplomacy and both its human and policy quotient; it looks at inflection points when the trajectory of the relationship could have altered, but were missed. But, most unusually, it also tells the story of the personalities involved - Jawaharlal Nehru, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and the 14th Dalai Lama - and their interactions as the tournament of those years unfolded and moved step by closer step to the conflict of 1962.
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[@edwardtang1977]

India can't even take care of itself and want more responsibilities. 🤣

[@sc-to4uf]

*On the border issue, India needs to reconcile itself with its historical realities presented by historian Avtar Singh Bhasin instead of clutching at the apron strings of lies and misinformation.*

[@ongchye345]

Bollywood

[@MyKarur]

Border wars are irrelevant in an internet age. Borders are only for maps. Cyberwar is what is more worrying. China is losing in soft power and this impacts their borders

[@basusri1120]

Are you not aware of what is happening in Ukraine? Why go so far, look at our own border, China has been steadily annexing chunks of our territory and we spend fruitless hours on border talks. As for Cyber warfare, the Chinese have complete domination of all Indian Cyber Spheres. They have demonstrated this by shutting down the power grid in Bombay. Also they have tampered with the Centrifuges in our Nuclear Facilities in Tamil Nadu. The Chinese dominate us in all spheres of warfare. Their next step will be a substantial annexation of our territory in Arunachal and / or Ladhak. We will be unable to prevent this.

[@MyKarur]

@@basusri1120 point taken. But Russia will not be able to retain ownership of any territory conquered. Even in Afghanistan Russai could not retain territory. As Modi said to Putin this is not an Era for wars

[@sc-to4uf]

*Other than baseless self-serving Western rhetoric, what evidence do you have that "China is losing in soft power"? Contrast China's diplomacy with US hard power. Why do you say that borders or border wars are irrelevant? You could have a border war with or without cyber weaponry!*

[@taidelek9994]

Tibwt is a lost cause then and now and as long as India priority sticks with China . Hindi chini Bai Bai. What a cheap English-speaking intellectual of India.