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2 March 1963
China and Pakistan sign a boundary
settlement in Beijing between Kashmir and
Xinjiang where Pakistan ceded 5080 sq. km
of PoK territory.
1963
23 March 1963
Official sources confirm induction of
additional Chinese troops into Tibet, raising
concerns in Delhi.
16 Oct 1964
China conducts its first nuclear explosion in
Lop Nor.
1964
30 Dec 1964
Zhou Enlai warns that China had not
relinquished its sovereignty over the 90,000
square km of territory south of Mc Mohan
Line.
26 March 1965
Sino-Pak boundary protocol involving territory
in Jammu and Kashmir signed in Pakistan
Occupied Kashmir between Chinese
Premier Zhou Enlai and Pakistani President
Ayub Khan.
1965
April 1965
China extends support to Pakistani
aggression in Rann of Kutch.
27 Aug 1965
China accuses India of crossing the Sikkim-
China boundary.

Sept 1965
China supports Pakistan during the Indo-Pak
conflict in Chhamb across the international
border of Jammu and Kashmir and officially
accuses India of 'criminal aggression.'
30 Nov 1965
Chinese troops intrude into north Sikkim and
NEFA once again.
1966
Jan 1966
China condemns the Tashkent Agreement
between India and Pakistan as a product of
joint US-Soviet plotting.
1 Jan 1969
India indicates its desire to conduct its
1969
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relation with China on the principle of mutual
respect of each other's sovereignty and
territorial integrity and non-interference in
internal affairs.
1970
1970
Informal contacts between the Indian and
Chinese diplomats established.
25 Oct 1971
The UN General Assembly voted to give
China's seat in UN to the Government of
PRC, expelling Nationalist China functioning
as the 'Republic of China' from Taiwan
(Formosa).
1971
Dec 1971
Sino-Indian relations suffer a setback
following the creation of Bangladesh.
July 1972
China vetoes an Indian sponsored resolution
for the admittance of Bangladesh to the UN.
1972
14 March 197
China sends a new Charge d' Affaires Mr.
Ma Mu-Ming to New Delhi after a lapse of 18
months raising fresh hopes for a Sino-Indian
dialogue.
April 1973
China accuses India of committing
aggression on Sikkim on the pretext of
disturbances.
1973
1974
May 1974
India conducts its Peaceful Nuclear
Explosion. China accuses India of nuclear
blackmail by posing as a 'sub-super power'.
April 1975
China expresses strong condemnation and
utmost indignation at merger of Sikkim with
the Indian Union.
1975
1976
April 1976
India and China decide to restore the level of
diplomatic representation in both countries to
the ambassadorial status after a 15year
diplomatic hiatus.

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7 July 1976
K. R. Narayanan is appointed as the India's
Ambassador to PRC.
20 Sept 1976
Chen Chao Yuan is appointed as the
Chinese Ambassador to India.
Feb 1979
Indian Foreign Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee
visits China.
1979
1981
June 1981
Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hu visits
India. Establishment of an annual dialogue at
the level of Vice-Ministers .
15 Aug 1984
Indian Commerce Secretary Abid Hussain
signs the Most Favoured Nation Agreement
with the Chinese Vice-Minister Lu Xue Jian in
Beijing.
1984
1986
1986
Differences surface over the precise limits of
the Mc Mohan Line in theSumdorung Chu
area of Arunachal Pradesh.
8 Dec 1986
Beijing express strong condemnation over
the establishment of Arunachal Pradesh as a
full fledged State of the Indian Union.
1987
May 1987
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi sends PN
Haskar as Special Envoy to China for high
level discussion with Chinese leaders.
Dec1988
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi visits China.
Agreement to set up a Joint Working Group
on Boundary question and a Joint Group on
Economic Relations, Trade, Science and
Technology signed.
1988
1991
Dec 1991
Chinese Premier Li Peng visits India after a
gap of 31 years, pledges to resolve the
boundary question through friendly
consultations.
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Sept 1993
Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao visits
China, signs agreement on Border Peace
and Tranquility and the setting up of the India-
China Expert Group of Diplomatic and
Military Officers to assist the work in Joint
Working Group.
1993
1994
1994
Vice-President K R Narayanan visits China.
Following this China refused to support
Pakistan at the Human Rights Commission
on the alleged human rights violations in
Kashmir.
Aug 1995
India and China agree to pull back their
troops on the Sumdorong Chu Valley in the
eastern sector.
1995
1996
Nov 1996
Chinese President Jiang Zemin visits India,
signs Agreement onConfidence Building
Measures in the military field along the LAC
in the India-China Border Areas.
Aug 1997
The India-China Joint Working Group meets
in New Delhi. Instruments of ratification in
respect to Confidence Building Measures
agreement exchanged.
1997
1998
May 1998
Defence Minister George Fernandes
reported claim that China was India's threat
number one offends China.
11 May 1998
India conducts three nuclear tests in Pokhran
range in Rajathan.

13 May 1998
India further conducts two more underground
nuclear tests.
14 May 1998
China strongly condemns India's nuclear
tests.

July 1998
China urges India and Pakistan to give up
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their nuclear ambitions and sign the NPT.
Aug 1998
India officially announces talks with China on
the reopening of the Ladakh-Kailash-
Mansarovar route.
1999
Feb 1999
China hails the policy of Bus Diplomacy
between India and Pakistan.
June 1999
China displays neutrality on the Kargil conflict
and agrees to establish a security
mechanism with India.

22 Sept 1999
China objects to the creation of a new Indian
Army Unit, the 14th corps, to be based in Leh
to look after the Ladakh region.
28 Sept 1999
China asks New Delhi to stop the 'splitting
activities' of Dalai Lama from Indian soil to
improve bilateral relations.

24 Nov 1999
India and China hold detailed discussions in
New Delhi on ways to settle their border row.
7 Jan 2000
Karmapa Lama flees China, reaches
Dharamshala and joins the Dalai Lama.
2000
11 Jan 2000
Beijing warns that giving political asylum to
the Karmapa would violate the five principles
of peaceful coexistence.
14 Jan 2000
India officially declares to China that the 17th
Karmapa has arrived in Dharamshala, but
has not been granted refugee status.

22 Jan 2000
The Dalai Lama writes to the Prime Minister
urging him to accord protection to the 17th
Karmapa.
31 Jan 2000
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army build
a permanent road network and sets up
bunkers 5km in the Indian side of the LAC in

22 Feb 2000
India and China sign a bilateral trade
agreement in Beijing to facilitate China's
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Ladakh's Aksai Chin area. early entry into the WTO and an MOU for
setting up a Joint Working Group in the field
of steel.
23 Feb 2000
A five day extravaganza to promote trade and
investment flagged off in India by Industry and
Commerce Minister Murasoli Maran with
Hong Kong chief executive officer Tung Chee
Hwa.

6 March 2000
India and China initiate the first ever bilateral
security dialogue in Beijing on global and
regional issues of mutual interest.
1 April 2000
India and China commemorate 50th
anniversary of their diplomatic relations.

28 April 2000
Beijing thanks India for support in defeating a
US sponsored resolution in Geneva
criticizing the Chinese record on human
rights.
21 May 2000
The arrival of a delegation from India's
National Defence College in China signals
resumption of military ties, suspended after
India's nuclear tests.
2001
9 Jan 2001
Sino-Indian leaders jointly agreed to form
India-China Parliamentary Friendship Groups
in their respective Parliaments following the
visit of the Li Peng, Chairman of the Standing
Committee of the National Peoples'
Congress to India.
13 Jan 2001
India and China agree to counter terrorism
together to maintain regional security and
stability.

9 Feb 2001
Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Wang Wi
called on the Indian Foreign Secretary, Lalit
Mansingh, in New Delhi. Decision to broaden
relations by building new institutional
contacts.
29 April 2001

20 May 2001
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China supports gradual evolvement of
trilateral cooperation with Russia and India
but rules out triangular alliance.
Beijing invites Kanchi Shankaracharya on a
tour of Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou in
October 2001.
6 Sept 2001
China deploys its first road mobile ICBMs
capable of hitting some parts of western US.

21 Dec 2001
China urges both India and Pakistan to
exercise restraint and engage in dialogue to
resolve their differences.
6 Jan 2002
The first Shanghai-Beijing-New Delhi direct
passenger flight for boosting bilateral
business ties and tourism announced by
China.
2002
7 Jan 2002
'Shanghai Six' (China, Russia, Kazakhstan,
Krgyzstan, Tajikstan and Uzbekistan) urge
India and Pakistan to diffuse tension.
13 Jan 2002
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji visits India.

14 Jan 2002
Six MOUs signed in New Delhi
To enhance cooperation in Science and
Technology, outer space, tourism,
phytosanitary measures and supply of
hydrological data relating to the Brahmaputra
river between India and China.
17 Jan 2002
Premier Zhu Rongji calls for joint work in
Information Technology, economic
cooperation and trade between India and
China..

29 March 2002
India and China agree in Beijing to quicken
the pace of LAC delineation in order to
resolve the vexatious border dispute within a
reasonable time-frame.
22 June 2002
China welcomes India's ambassador, Shiv
Shankar Menon visit to Tibet and hopes it
would help in enhancing mutual
understanding and friendship.


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