March 17, 1959: Tibet's spiritual leader Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama flees to India to escape China's crackdown on Tibetan uprising. New Delhi's decision to grant him asylum sours relations with China.
October 20, 1962: China attacks India on two fronts — Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh. Chinese forces capture Tawang, an important cultural center for Tibetans in Arunachal. A month later, China declares a ceasefire and withdraws its troops, but territorial disputes along the 3,225-kilometer-long Himalayan border continue. India claims China is occupying 33,000 square kms of its territory in Jammu and Kashmir.
July 24, 1976: Diplomatic ties between India and China are re-established.
December 19, 1988: Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi makes a five-day breakthrough visit to China, the first visit by an Indian prime minister in 34 years. The two countries agree to set up a joint working group to settle the boundary issue.
November 28, 1996: Chinese President Jiang Zemin visits India, the first visit to India by a head of state from China. The two countries sign an agreement on confidence building measures in regard to the India-China border areas.
January 5, 2000: Tibetan Buddhist leader Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje reportedly flees China and joins the Dalai Lama in India. Beijing says giving him asylum would violate the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.
June 23, 2003: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee makes a landmark visit to China -- the first Indian head of government to visit China in ten years — to strengthen relations.
April 9, 2005: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visits Bangalore seeking an increase in cooperation in high-tech industries. India and China also sign an agreement aimed at resolving border disputes.
July 6, 2006: China and India re-open Nathu La Pass, an ancient trade route through the Himalayas which was once part of the Silk Road. The pass had been closed since the 1962 Sino-Indian war.
May 25, 2007: China denies a visa to a government official from Arunachal Pradesh, arguing that since the state was a part of China, he would not require a visa to visit his own country.
December 21, 2007: First ever joint Sino-Indian military training exercise held. The five-day anti-terrorism drill was held at Kunming in southwest China
January 13, 2009: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits China. Bilateral trade surpasses $50 billion and China becomes India's largest trading partner in goods.
October 13, 2009: Dispute over Manmohan Singh's visit to Arunachal Pradesh. China expresses "strong dissatisfaction" on the visit to the "disputed area." India responds by saying Arunachal Pradesh is an "integral and inalienable" part of India.
August 27, 2010: India cancels defense exchanges with China after Beijing refuses a visa to a top Indian army officer because he "controlled" the disputed area of Jammu and Kashmir. India subsequently refuses to allow two Chinese defense officials to visit New Delhi.
December 15, 2010: Wen Jiabao arrives on a three-day visit to India, but signing 84 memorandums of understanding on the business front notwithstanding, his visit was regarded in many quarters as largely devoid of substance on the political and diplomatic front.
October 20, 1962: China attacks India on two fronts — Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh. Chinese forces capture Tawang, an important cultural center for Tibetans in Arunachal. A month later, China declares a ceasefire and withdraws its troops, but territorial disputes along the 3,225-kilometer-long Himalayan border continue. India claims China is occupying 33,000 square kms of its territory in Jammu and Kashmir.
July 24, 1976: Diplomatic ties between India and China are re-established.
December 19, 1988: Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi makes a five-day breakthrough visit to China, the first visit by an Indian prime minister in 34 years. The two countries agree to set up a joint working group to settle the boundary issue.
November 28, 1996: Chinese President Jiang Zemin visits India, the first visit to India by a head of state from China. The two countries sign an agreement on confidence building measures in regard to the India-China border areas.
January 5, 2000: Tibetan Buddhist leader Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje reportedly flees China and joins the Dalai Lama in India. Beijing says giving him asylum would violate the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.
June 23, 2003: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee makes a landmark visit to China -- the first Indian head of government to visit China in ten years — to strengthen relations.
April 9, 2005: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visits Bangalore seeking an increase in cooperation in high-tech industries. India and China also sign an agreement aimed at resolving border disputes.
July 6, 2006: China and India re-open Nathu La Pass, an ancient trade route through the Himalayas which was once part of the Silk Road. The pass had been closed since the 1962 Sino-Indian war.
May 25, 2007: China denies a visa to a government official from Arunachal Pradesh, arguing that since the state was a part of China, he would not require a visa to visit his own country.
December 21, 2007: First ever joint Sino-Indian military training exercise held. The five-day anti-terrorism drill was held at Kunming in southwest China
January 13, 2009: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits China. Bilateral trade surpasses $50 billion and China becomes India's largest trading partner in goods.
October 13, 2009: Dispute over Manmohan Singh's visit to Arunachal Pradesh. China expresses "strong dissatisfaction" on the visit to the "disputed area." India responds by saying Arunachal Pradesh is an "integral and inalienable" part of India.
August 27, 2010: India cancels defense exchanges with China after Beijing refuses a visa to a top Indian army officer because he "controlled" the disputed area of Jammu and Kashmir. India subsequently refuses to allow two Chinese defense officials to visit New Delhi.
December 15, 2010: Wen Jiabao arrives on a three-day visit to India, but signing 84 memorandums of understanding on the business front notwithstanding, his visit was regarded in many quarters as largely devoid of substance on the political and diplomatic front.
Source: The Tribune, Chandigarh, India
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