ABSTRACT
India and China share a 3,488 km-long disputed border, 1,597 km in Eastern Ladakh, 545 km in middle sector of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, 220 km in Sikkim, and 1,126 km in Arunachal Pradesh. China claims a little over 100,000 sq. km 1 of India’s territory. The Sino-Indian border is a peculiar set of contradictions, being the longest disputed border in the world as also the most peaceful disputed border with the last shot in anger fired on 25 October 1975. A fragile peace exists ever since, with the disputed border being the ever-present potential driver for conflict between the two nuclear armed neighbours – home to one-third of humanity.
