1962 China-India War. documents on the 1962 conflict between India and China. New Archival Documents. a large collections of archival material related to India, China and Tibet

Claude Arpi is born in Angoulême (France) in 1949. His real quest started in 1972 with a journey to the Indian Himalayas. Since then he has been an enthusiastic student of the history of Tibet, China and the subcontinent. After graduating as a Dental Surgeon from Bordeaux University in 1974, he decided to come to India.

Guest Editor: Claude Arpi. We are offering here the English version of some of the articles published in the Special Issue of La Revue de l’Inde (No 7) dedicated to Jammu and Kashmir. Several renowned analysts and experts have contributed to this issue entitled “The Tragedy of Kashmir”. The Review also features exclusive interviews of Lt ...

The India-Tibet Boundary becomes the Sino-Indian boundary. Atlas of the Northern Frontier of India (Part 1) Published by the Ministry of External Affairs (1960)

My recent articles published by Rediff.com are available on my blog. On strike, at play: The two faces of France - June 15, 2016 As football fans arrive to watch Euro 2016, France's trade unions have undertaken a series of strikes to provoke a make-or …

2016年11月28日 · In 1947, India had a strong presence in Tibet with a full-fledged Mission in Lhasa and three Tradre Agencies in Gyantse, Yatung and Gartok. 1949 The Tibetan Army (Report Bakshi)

2020年8月5日 · In all the noise surrounding the Doklam confrontation, Claude Arpi focuses on a crucial issue that has hardly been covered — the construction of roads for the armed forces and the local population to reach the most remote border posts. Very few incidents have triggered so many comments as the confrontation at the trijunction between Tibet ...

China’s Tibet Policy under a New Leadership An article on ’China’s Tibet Policy under a New Leadership’ published in The South Asia Defence & Strategic Year Book 2014 (Pentagon Press). In March 2013, a new leader walked onto the stage in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing; Xi Jinping had been selected to lead the Middle Kingdom for the next 10 years.

1914 Proceedings of the Simla Conference (Third Meeting) Sir Henry McMahon said that the meeting had been called in order that the Chinese and Tibetan Plenipotentiaries might have an opportunity of laying on the table statements of the evidence in regard to the respective frontiers claimed by them.

2016年11月28日 · The Dalai Lama arrived in India on March 31, 1959. He was immediately granted asylum by the Prime Minister. First meeting with the Dalai Lama – April 3