Dhola Post

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Dhola Post was a border post set up by the Indian Army in June 1962 at a location called Che Dong ( ) in the Namka Chu river valley disputed by China and India. The area is now generally accepted to be north of the McMahon Line as drawn on the treaty map of 1914, though it is to the south of the Thagla Ridge, where India held the McMahon Line to lie. In June 1962, Indian forces established an outpost called the Dhola Post on the northern slopes of Tsangdhar Range, in the right-side of Namka Chu valley, facing the southern slopes of Thagla Ridge. On 20 September 1962, amidst various border tensions, the post was attacked by Chinese forces from the Thagla Ridge, sporadic fighting continued until 20 October when an all-out attack was launched by China leading to the Sino-Indian War. Facing an overwhelming force, the Indian Army evacuated the Dhola Post as well as the entire area of Tawang, retreating to Sela and Bomdila. Chinese troops pushed Indian forces back in both theatres, capturing all of their claimed territory in the western theatre and the Tawang Tract in the eastern theatre. The conflict ended when China unilaterally declared a ceasefire on 20 November 1962, which can be attributed to the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis and fears of U.S.…

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