National Solidarity Day 2022

Context

India observes National Solidarity Day on 20th October every year. 

• This day is observed to honour the Armed Forces.
  
  
  

History

• On October 20, 1962, India’s northern neighbour, China dispatched an assault on the country’s borders.
• During the following weeks, the world saw an inspiring show of fundamental solidarity, which was the solidarity of the Indian public.
• Since then, India started observing National Solidarity Day on October 20 in the wake of the mortifying thrashing of the Indian military because of China in 1962.
  • Solidarity refers to an association of purposes, interests, or feelings among individuals from a gathering. World leaders and pioneers concurred in the Millennium Declaration that solidarity was highly essential for global relations in the 21st century. 

Sino – Indian War

• The Sino-Indian War, also known as the Indo-China War and the Sino-Indian Border Conflict, was a 1962 battle between India and China.
• The fundamental reason for it was a Chinese-contested Himalayan outskirt.
• Following the 1959 Tibetan uprising, there had been a progression of vicious fringe engagements between the two countries when India conceded refuge to the Dalai Lama.
• India then started a Forward Policy in 1960 to block Chinese military watches and coordination, in which it set up stations along the outskirts, including a few north of the McMahon Line.
• Chinese military activity became increasingly forceful after India dismissed Chinese political settlements all through 1960 and 1962, with China re-initiating already prohibited ‘forward watches’ in Ladakh from 30th April 1962.
• Finally, China deserted all endeavours of serene goal on 20th October 1962, attacking an area along the 3,225-kilometre-long Himalayan outskirt in Ladakh and over the McMahon Line.
• Chinese soldiers progressed over Indian powers in the two theatres, capturing
  • Rezang La in Chushul in the western theatre
  • Tawang in the eastern theatre
• The war ended when China declared a truce on 20th November 1962 and its withdrawal to its guaranteed ‘Line of Actual Control.’