Story of 1962 and 1971

See,if we look at the 1962 conflict with China,there were plenty of signs for the Nehru government to realize the expansionist and territorial tendency of China.

The failure of Nehru government to read china correctly,lead India to ignore the warning signs,which were emerging from China and it lead India to believe that primary threat to its nation security is only from Pakistan.

There is no doubt that Pakistan did possess great threat to India's integrity.But,at the same time China should have also been seen as threat,because there were plenty of warning signs of its expansionist and territorial tendency.In 1950,when China annexed Tibet and in 1950 and 60,the manner in which China dismissed the McMahon line,and its increased claim over Aksai China and Arunachal Pradesh

it becomes clear that China possess same threat as Pakistan.But,we failed to anticipate and we ended up in paying a heavy price.

While in 1971,Indira Gandhi was mindful of the threat posed by other countries such as China and USA,during this period both USA and China were expected to extend complete support to Pakistan and even make a military move against India in support of Pakistan,because it has emerged as a key ally of both USA as well as China.

Because in late 1960,the then USA president Nixon,NSA(Henry Kisanger) they were seeking to re establish ties with China,and it was number one priority for USA and it was Pakistan which acted as an ally for Richard Nixon,and it helped bridge the relation between USA and China.

As India started making advances during 1971 war,the USA government threatened to dispatch the seventh fleet into Bay Of Bengal and it even pushed China to exert pressure on India,by launching military assault on Indo china border.But,thankfully Indira Gandhi government anticipated this collusion between Pakistan,USA and China and managed to secure an insurance policy with Soviet union,because it was the time of cold war,and until 1971, India had firmly remained non aligned,but this pushed India to abandoned the non aligned approach and align with Soviet Union and this lead to signing of historic treaty of peace and friendship between India and Soviet Union,under this treaty,the Soviet union promised to come to India's assistance,if ever threatened by USA and China,and this strategic,move of Indira Gandhi government helped India to secure unprecedented diplomatic military victory,and this was possible only when India took twin security threats possessed by both China and Pakistan simultaneously.