The Indian Army at that time used British arms (lots of Lee-Enfields No.1 Mk.III's, later the L1A1 with wooden furniture) and equipment exclusively. All the photos I've seen of Indian forces during this period and well into the 1970's show the British 1937 pattern webbing being worn. Although they may have had it available I haven't seen any use of the '58 pattern webbing. The uniforms were Indian made but of British style. As evidenced in photos you would find a mixture of the olive green uniform, khaki, even battle dress. I've seen many shots of the Indian pattern pull-over sweater being worn (v-neck cut so that you can pull shirt eppilettes through). Footwear consisted of British "ammunition" boots and anklets. Headgear was the venerable British Mk.1 steel helmet of WW2 fame. Para units used the airborne steel helmet and their own version of the Denison smock. Because of religious custom instead of a helmet Sikh's wore the traditional turban in olive green to match the uniform. An Indian soldier should be fairly easy to put together with the wealth of British WW2 figures & loose stuff around. Have you seen that there is a new release of a PLA soldier from the India-China War coming from Soldier Story? It looks very good, I've seen it for preorder at several online dealers.
I found this photo from a Life Mag. cover, thought it looked inspirational:
I found this photo from a Life Mag. cover, thought it looked inspirational:
