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Centre names 27 Arunachal sites, honours two 1962 war heroes
The Union government on Friday formally named 27 places in Arunachal Pradesh on the official Indian map, including two memorials honouring heroes of the 1962 China war. Sher-e-Thapa Memorial, named after Havildar…
The Story in Brief
The Union government on Friday formally named 27 places in Arunachal Pradesh on the official Indian map, including two memorials honouring heroes of the 1962 China war. Sher-e-Thapa Memorial, named after Havildar Shere Thapa of the 2nd Battalion, Jammu & Kashmir Rifles, is among them. Thapa is credited with delaying Chinese troops by 72 hours in the Subansiri Valley on November 18, 1962.
Also named is Jaswant Garh, the memorial of Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat on Tawang Road, where he fought Chinese forces for three days at the Battle of Nuranang. The list includes Jairampur, a logistics hub in Changlang district, and strategically important passes such as Thag La, Dzo La, Riza La and Pukur La.
The Indian Opinion
Naming a handful of spots on a map is easy; keeping the story of the 1962 war honest is the harder task. Both sides have long pushed their own versions, with some Indian accounts inflating a tactical delay into a decisive victory. The real test is whether the government will follow the naming with well-marked routes and visitor facilities, so that a traveller can actually reach Jaswant Garh. And it might ask why, 60 years on, the full story of the battle for the Subansiri Valley remains locked in files.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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