page_title: McMahon Line
hierarchical_section_title: McMahon Line
caption_attribution_description: China India eastern border depicting disputed areas in this sector including NEFA.
context_page_description: The McMahon Line is a demarcation line drawn on map referred to in the Simla Convention, a treaty between Britain and Tibet signed in 1914.
  Although its legal status is disputed, it is currently the effective boundary between China and India.
  This dispute was used a pretext in a war between China and India in 1962.
context_section_description: The McMahon Line is a demarcation line drawn on map referred to in the Simla Convention, a treaty between Britain and Tibet signed in 1914.
  Although its legal status is disputed, it is currently the effective boundary between China and India.
  This dispute was used a pretext in a war between China and India in 1962.
caption: The McMahon Line marks boundary between Chinese-held and Indian-held territory in the eastern Himalayan region. The line was the focus of a brief war in 1962, when Indian and Chinese forces struggled to control a disputed area (shown in red), much of which is a high altitude wasteland.
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