The McMahon Line is a demarcation line drawn on map attached to the Simla Convention, a treaty between Britain and Tibet signed in 1914. Although its legal status is disputed, it is currently the effective boundary between China and India. The line is named after Sir Henry McMahon, foreign secretary for the British-run Government of India and the chief British negotiator of the convention. The line extends along the crest of the Himalayas for 550 miles from Bhutan in the west to the great bend of the Brahmaputra River in the east. The McMahon Line is regarded by India as a legal national border. The Dalai Lama's Tibetan government-in-exile also accepts the line as an official border. Simla was initially rejected by the British as incompatible with a 1907 treaty Britain signed with Russia. However, this agreement was renounced jointly by Russia and Britain in 1921. The line was forgotten until 1935 when British civil service officer Olaf Caroe revived interest in it and convinced the government to use it on official maps. Guruswamy, Mohan, "The Battle for the Border", Rediff, June 23, 2003. China rejects the Simla Convention on the grounds that the Tibetan government was not sovereign and therefore did not have the power to conclude treaties. Chinese maps show some 56,000 square miles of territory south of the line as Chinese. China refers to this area as South Tibet while India calls it Arunachal Pradesh. Chinese forces briefly occupied this area during the Sino-Indian War of 1962-63. However, China does recognizes a Line of Actual Control which includes the "so called McMahon line," according to a 1959 diplomatic note by Prime Minister Zhou Enlai. Noorani, A.G. "Perseverance in peace process", Frontline, August 29, 2003. (more)
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Sino-Indian War:
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Henry McMahon (diplomat):
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Line of Actual Control:
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Durand Line:
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Curzon Line:
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Radcliffe Line:
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Arunachal Pradesh:
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Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama:
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Dhola, Tibet:
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Indian Army:
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