{"id":33865,"date":"2018-10-30T14:44:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T09:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=33865"},"modified":"2018-10-30T14:44:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T09:14:41","slug":"losing-the-war-winning-the-peacethe-hindu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/losing-the-war-winning-the-peacethe-hindu\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing the war, winning the peace(The Hindu)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/lead\/losing-the-war-winning-the-peace\/article20604313.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Losing the war, winning the peace<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(The Hindu) <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The article talks about the 1962 war, which proved to be a catastrophic defeat for India<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About the war<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chinese assault on the Thagla Ridge early in the morning of October 20, 1962, which turned simmering military tensions into open war.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The way the authorities and people of Arunachal Pradesh the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) experienced the war was the most crucial element<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>NEFA\u2019s struggle<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When large-scale fighting erupted between China and India, it did not take long for NEFA\u2019s civilian officials to realise their entire administration was in jeopardy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The retreat of the Indian Army entailed that of the civilian administration. Dozens of administrative centres were evacuated, leaving most of northern NEFA unoccupied and open for Chinese occupation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gains in the Aksai Chin aside, the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) occupied significant portions of NEFA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government stores, supplies, equipment, furnishings, weapons and often buildings were systematically damaged, eaten or destroyed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On January 17, 1963 the Chinese still occupied Tawang. resumed his duties a few days later.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What was the status post-war?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s frontier officials were worried that it lost trust among inhabitants, as they fled leaving them vulnerable \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Raj\u2019s eastern Himalayan frontier had barely been administered and remained poorly explored.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaining the loyalty of the Mishmis, Monpas or Adis was an aim in itself, if they were to become Indian citizens. Winning them over was key.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>China v Indian influence<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The problem was that Indian officials\u2019 state-building per force had to contend with the PRC\u2019s own efforts in nearby Tibet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China too faced an uphill struggle to concretise its hold there, and it too needed border inhabitants\u2019 cooperation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the contrary, the 1962 War offered China a chance to gain the upper hand in it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is much evidence that the PRC\u2019s occupation of northern NEFA was a sort of public relations exercise vis-\u00e0-vis local people.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian officials came back to Tawang to find that no women had been molested and nothing taken without payment; houses, monasteries and possessions were intact.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story of NEFA\u2019s occupation suggests that, among other things, the 1962 War was China\u2019s chance to prove to Himalayan people that it was the better state whereas a weak India could neither protect nor deliver.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many inhabitants expressed both their disappointment at having been left behind and their support for Indian authorities\u2019 return.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They made concrete demands to ensure that the disappointment would not re-occur, and that their support would be rewarded.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China had won the war on both fronts, military and political; yet this had not been enough to win people over, especially since many people had heard of repression in Tibet from refugees passing through.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian state might be weaker and less efficient, but from the inhabitants\u2019 standpoint it was less of a risk, and offered more chance for negotiation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Losing the war, winning the peace(The Hindu) Context The article talks about the 1962 war, which proved to be a catastrophic defeat for India About the war The Chinese assault on the Thagla Ridge early in the morning of October 20, 1962, which turned simmering military tensions into open war. 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