McMahon Line
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The McMahon Line was a line claimed by Britain as the frontier between British India and Tibet, as Britain sought to advance its line of control and establish buffer zones around its colony in South Asia. The McMahon Line had been drawn up during the Simla Conference of 1914, in which Chinese (with representatives from local Tibetan athorities) and British representatives took part. However, owing to various disagreements with the British, China refused to accept the terms imposed by Britain. As a result, China did not recognize the validity of the McMahon Line. Thus after the independence of India and the establishment of the PRC in the late 1940s, the issue of the border was not fully resolved. This border was disputed in the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and the Chinese forces managed to advance beyond this frontier. Currently the two armies are posted on the Line of Actual Control.