An kafa NEFA (Hukumar Tsakiyar Arewa maso Gabas) a shekarar 1954. An yi kwanciyar hankali kusan kusan shekaru goma, tare da zaman lafiya na dangantakar Sin da Indiya, amma sake farfadowa a shekarar 1960 ya kasance abin da ya haifar da rikicin kan iyakar Sin da Indiya na 1962. A lokacin yakin a shekarar 1962, China ta kama mafi yawan yankin Arunachal Pradesh. Duk da haka, ba da daɗewa ba China ta yi nasara, ta koma baya zuwa McMahon Line kuma ta mayar da fursunonin yaki na Indiya a shekarar 1963. Wasu masu sharhi sun yi imanin cewa Mao yana so ya tsoratar da Indiya saboda ci gaba da goyon bayan Dalai Lama, da kuma matsayinta na Tibet a matsayin ƙasa mai zaman kanta ba yankin kasar Sin ba.
Shekara ta 1954