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The '''Lanak Pass''' or '''Lanak La''' is a mountain pass in [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], China. It is on the southeastern boundary of the [[Aksai Chin]] region that is controlled by China but disputed by India. |
The '''Lanak Pass''' or '''Lanak La''' is a mountain pass in [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], China. It is on the southeastern boundary of the [[Aksai Chin]] region that is controlled by China but disputed by India. |
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India regards Lanak Pass as a boundary with China, |
India regards Lanak Pass as a boundary with China,<ref name="maxwell">{{cite book |title=India's China War |last=Maxwell |first=Neville |authorlink=Neville Maxwell |year=1970 |publisher=Pantheon |location=New York |isbn= |url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/12249475/Indias-China-War-Neville-Maxwell |page=13 |accessdate=29 August 2013}}</ref> Indian sources have cited several British travellers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who wrote that the traditional boundary between India and Tibet accepted by both sides was at Lanak La.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.claudearpi.net/maintenance/uploaded_pics/OR_Part_2.pdf|title=Report of the Officials of the Governments of India and the Peoples’ Republic of China on the Boundary Question - Part 2|publisher=Ministry of External Affairs, India, 1961|accessdate=30 August 2013}}</ref><ref name=pathforresolution>{{cite journal |
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| title =Sino-Indian Border Dispute At Aksai Chin - A Middle Path For Resolution |
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| journal =Journal of development alternatives and area studies |
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| accessdate =30 August 2013 |
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| url =http://chinaindiaborderdispute.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/virendravermapaperborderdispute.pdf |
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}}</ref> On the other hand, China considers the [[Kongka Pass]] further west as the boundary.<ref name="maxwell"/> |
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Indian sources state that there were no Chinese troops in the area in 1952<ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.adl.gatech.edu/research/brmsrr/2008/BRMP07010805.pdf |
|url=http://www.adl.gatech.edu/research/brmsrr/2008/BRMP07010805.pdf |
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|author=Vivek Ahuja |
|author=Vivek Ahuja |
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|title=Unforgiveable Mistakes, The Kongka-La Incident, 21st October 1959 |
|title=Unforgiveable Mistakes, The Kongka-La Incident, 21st October 1959 |
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|accessdate=2011-11-02}}</ref> In 1959 Indian troops attempted to establish posts on the Lanak Pass, resulting in a clash with the Chinese soldiers who had already established posts at the Kongka Pass further west. The event preceded the [[Sino-Indian War]] in 1962.<ref name="maxwell"/> |
|accessdate=2011-11-02}}</ref> and that the Indian army patrolled up to the Lanak Pass until 1958.<ref name=pathforresolution /> In 1959 Indian troops attempted to establish posts on the Lanak Pass, resulting in a clash with the Chinese soldiers who had already established posts at the Kongka Pass further west. The event preceded the [[Sino-Indian War]] in 1962.<ref name="maxwell"/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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| Lanak La | |
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 Lanak Pass is on the southeastern boundary of Aksai Chin | |
| Elevation | 5,466 m (17,933 ft) |
| Location | Tibet, China |
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The Lanak Pass or Lanak La is a mountain pass in Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is on the southeastern boundary of the Aksai Chin region that is controlled by China but disputed by India.
India regards Lanak Pass as a boundary with China,[1] Indian sources have cited several British travellers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who wrote that the traditional boundary between India and Tibet accepted by both sides was at Lanak La.[2][3] On the other hand, China considers the Kongka Pass further west as the boundary.[1]
Indian sources state that there were no Chinese troops in the area in 1952[4] and that the Indian army patrolled up to the Lanak Pass until 1958.[3] In 1959 Indian troops attempted to establish posts on the Lanak Pass, resulting in a clash with the Chinese soldiers who had already established posts at the Kongka Pass further west. The event preceded the Sino-Indian War in 1962.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Maxwell, Neville (1970). India's China War. New York: Pantheon. p. 13. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ "Report of the Officials of the Governments of India and the Peoples' Republic of China on the Boundary Question - Part 2" (PDF). Ministry of External Affairs, India, 1961. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ^ a b Verma, Virendra Sahai (2006). "Sino-Indian Border Dispute At Aksai Chin - A Middle Path For Resolution" (PDF). Journal of development alternatives and area studies. 25 (3): 6–8. ISSN 1651-9728. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ^ Vivek Ahuja. "Unforgiveable Mistakes, The Kongka-La Incident, 21st October 1959" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-02.