1962, India-China War Memories in Photos

[mayankkrishna]

November 25 1962: A family of refugees at Tezpau in India during border clashes with China

 

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Tawang (1962)

 

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[cinoti]

India published photographics of China sending back Indian POW

Indian POW before being handed back to India

Chinese side taking a picture of handed over Indian POW

Lot of advanced helipcopters served as Indian's medical resue vehicle, from the models you see a soviet and western combination.

Chinese handed back Indian POWs

Injured Indian POWs were carried to board on their helicopters

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Re: India published photographics of China sending back Indian POW

These Photographs were enhanced by me, And posted on FB from where your newspaper editor took it and put his own words..

Indian POW before being handed back to India

1 & 2 Photos are Border meet, first photo of an Indian officer challenging CCP border guard, Photo is originally from Indian MOD archives..

Go through the thread, you will find rest of the series and so for other threads before posting anything from CCP news..

 

[Dinesh_Kumar]

Good Stuff

Young Indian women in military training during India-China border crisis, Nov. 1962.

Indian troops during a military training drill, 1962.

Indian troops forming a man-tow for artillery over rough mountain terrain, 1962.

Mules carrying ammunition over a mountain pass during the conflict between China and India, Nov. 1962.

 

[SPIEZ]

Awesome!!!

Can't believe the Indian soldiers had goggles back than in the 60's.

 

[Dinesh_Kumar]

Dada,IA vehicles like Nissan Jonga, Nissan 1 tonner , as well as Shaktiman, were 1962 or 1967?

If 1962, then, logistically, we were probably better than Chinese!!

Also, high altitude clothing looks comparable for both sides, not in adequate as often described..

Few pics are from 67 conflict..
You can notice soldiers carrying SLR / FN FAL..


Keep up the good job, Once again great pics !

 

[Dinesh_Kumar]

Also
> Snow goggles?

>High altitude clothing seems good, comparable to what we have today...

>.303 good rifle for sniper, bad for volume firepower, less rounds too

>Lack of automatic rifle

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Awesome!!!

Can't believe the Indian soldiers had goggles back than in the 60's.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

It does not mean the logistics were better, Roads are important and still today the front lines are supplied via air despite the roads are there but useless..

Dada,IA vehicles like Nissan Jonga, Nissan 1 tonner , as well as Shaktiman, were 1962 or 1967?

If 1962, then, logistically, we were probably better than Chinese!!

Also, high altitude clothing looks comparable for both sides, not in adequate as often described..

 

[kaustav2001]

Excellent pics. Mayankkrishna. Thank you for taking the time to compile these pictures from various sources. Really amazing.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

I think that howitzer could be disassembled and carried by mules.

 

[Abhijeet Dey]

Are there any photos of people reacting from other parts of India (southern india, western gujarat, rajasthan) or from other countries during 1962 war? Any newspaper clippings?

There was a pic of John F Kennedy and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

 

[angeldude13]

we lost 1300 brave souls in this war :/

RIP

 

[bose]

we lost 1300 brave souls in this war :/

RIP

God bless those brave souls...

Although off topic...

I heard my father telling me at my childhood how his friends went to war in 1962 with virtually no clothing, food and proper arms to fight Chinese...

I also saw one of my senior in my school, who lost his father in the war and his mother committed suicide thereafter immediately hearing his father's loss"¦ the mother left her son to her friend's custody to be taken care of "¦ I had seen the pain that child grew up with"¦ void of parental love is killing"¦