Konvensi Simla: Perbedaan antara revisi

Upaya awal Britania untuk menciptakan sebuah perbatasan bagi India utara-timur dipicu oleh penemuan mereka pada pertengahan abad ke-19 bahwa [[Tawang]], sebuah kota perdagangan yang penting, adalah wilayah Tibet.<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> Britania telah menandatangani traktat dengan [[Qing]] Tiongkok mengenai batas-batas Tibet dengan [[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> dan [[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> Namun, Tibet menolak mengakui perbatasan yang dibuat melalui traktat-traktat ini<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.co.id/books?id=EGqyIgOlUCIC&pg=PA169&dq=Tibet+refused+to+recognise+the+boundaries+drawn+by+china+and+britain+treaty&hl=id&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj087z7-NjXAhVMs48KHY8OCfwQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=Tibet%20refused%20to%20recognise%20the%20boundaries%20drawn%20by%20china%20and%20britain%20treaty&f=false|title= China's Tibet Policy|author= Dawa Norbu|page=169|accessdate=25 Nov 2017}}. British forces led by Sir [[Francis Younghusband]] [[British expedition to Tibet|entered Tibet in 1904]] and made a treaty with the Tibetans.<ref name="Conven1904">[http://www.tibetjustice.org/materials/treaties/treaties10.html "Convention Between Great Britain and Tibet (1904)"], [http://www.tibetjustice.org/index.html Tibet Justice Center]. Retrieved 20 March 2009</ref> In 1907, Britain and Russia acknowledged Chinese "[[suzerainty]]" over Tibet.<ref name=anglorussian1907>[http://www.tibetjustice.org/materials/treaties/treaties12.html Convention Between Great Britain and Russia (1907)] Article II, [http://www.tibetjustice.org/index.html Tibet Justice Center]. Retrieved 20 March 2009</ref>