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| 1962, Oct. 20 |
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| INVASION OF INDIA BY CHINESE COMMUNIST TROOPS (See 1962, Oct. 21–Nov. 22). On Oct. 29 Prime Minister Nehru asked for U.S. military aid. | 1 |
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| Oct. 31 |
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| Nehru dismissed V. K. Krishna Menon as minister of defense, in the wake of a Chinese military advance, and assumed the post himself. | 2 |
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| Nov. 19 |
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| Since Indian troops were retreating in the face of a massive Chinese attack, Nehru asked U.S. president Kennedy for further military aid. Two days later the U.S. responded by sending India transport planes with U.S. crews. | 3 |
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| Nov. 21 |
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| Communist China unexpectedly ordered a cease-fire along the Indian border and offered to draw its troops back of the “lines of actual control” that existed as of Nov. 7, 1959. Fighting ceased the next day. | 4 |
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| Dec. 14 |
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| Although Nehru had rejected the Chinese offer of a cease-fire and negotiations, India announced the beginning of a massive Chinese troop withdrawal from the northeastern frontier area. | 5 |
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