EarlyUpaya Britishawal effortsBritania tountuk createmenciptakan asebuah boundaryperbatasan for north-eastbagi India wereutara-timur triggereddipicu byoleh theirpenemuan discoverymereka inpada thepertengahan midabad ke-19th19 century thatbahwa [[Tawang]], ansebuah importantkota tradingperdagangan townyang penting, wasadalah Tibetanwilayah territoryTibet.<ref name="Calvin">Calvin, James Barnard, [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1984/CJB.htm "The China-India Border War"], Marine Corps Command and Staff College, April 1984</ref> Britain had concluded treaties with [[Qing]] China concerning Tibet's boundaries with [[Burma]]<ref name="Conven1886">[http://www.tibetjustice.org/materials/treaties/treaties8.html Convention Relating to Burmah and Tibet (1886)], [http://www.tibetjustice.org/index.html Tibet Justice Center]. Retrieved 20 March 2009</ref> anddan [[Sikkim]].<ref name="Conven1890">[http://www.tibetjustice.org/materials/treaties/treaties9.html "Convention Between Great Britain and China Relating to Sikkim and Tibet (1890)"], [http://www.tibetjustice.org/index.html Tibet Justice Center]. Retrieved 20 March 2009</ref>
