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Detailed explanation-1: -Author Avtar Singh Bhasin has come up with a new book titled “Nehru, Tibet and China”. The book analyses the events from 1949 to the Indo-China war in 1962 and its aftermath.

Detailed explanation-2: -Avtar Singh Bhasin On 1 October 1949, the People’s Republic of China came into being and changed forever the course of Asian history.

Detailed explanation-3: -About the Author A renowned scholar of international affairs with a special interest in Indian foreign policy and India–China relations, Kanti Bajpai is the Wilmar Professor of Asian Studies at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Government of India, soon after India’s independence in 1947, treated Tibet as a de facto independent country. However, more recently India’s policy on Tibet has been mindful of Chinese sensibilities, and has recognized Tibet as a part of China.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tibet, the remote and mainly-Buddhist territory known as the “roof of the world", is governed as an autonomous region of China.